Amateur Built KR-2 VH-CTE

Summary

On 5 October 2013 at about 09:00 local time, a Amateur Built KR-2 registered VH-CTE was involved in an accident near Tumut, New South Wales, Australia. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 October 2013 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Tumut, New South Wales, Australia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Amateur Built KR-2

Registration

VH-CTE

Category

Airplane

Year built

2000

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

NTSB number

WPR14WA098

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 5, 2013, at 0900 local time, an amateur built aircraft, KR-2, VH-CTE, collided with the terrain shortly after takeoff from a private airstrip near Tumut, New South Wales. The flight was operated by the pilot under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Australia. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel: +612 6274 6054 Fax: +612 6274 6434 www.atsb.gov.au

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.