Tom Kilgore KR-2 accident near Alanson, MI
On June 8, 1995, a Tom Kilgore KR-2 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Alanson, MI. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 8, 1995
- Place
- Alanson, MI
- Aircraft
- Tom Kilgore KR-2 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 45.070°N, 83.430°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03659
NTSB summary
On June 8, 1995, at 1751 eastern daylight time (edt), a Tom Killgore KR-2, N49TK, piloted by an airline transport pilot, was destroyed when it collided with the ground following a witness reported flat spin. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight departed Harbor Springs, Michigan, at 1600 edt. Witnesses described N49TK's engine as having problems, but did not specify what. Some witnesses said they saw the airplane coming down in large circles and/or in a nose dive. The airplane owner said the airplane "...appeared to land with a slightly nose low position almost parallel with the [ground], the impact appears to be vertical... ." He said he did not observe any sliding or skidding by N49TK. According to the Federal Aviation Administration Principal Maintenance Inspectors (PMI) representing the NTSB on-scene, "There were no lateral marks on the ground to indicate direction of the aircraft at impact." The PMI said N49TK's "...empennage was rotated laterally to the left." He said the spinner had upward direction crush damage and that one blade of the wooden propeller was broken off. The PMI said the airplane had a fuselage fuel tank that was positioned above the forward section of the airplane's cockpit. He said no fuel was found in the airplane's fuel tank, fuselage structure, or in the ground beneath the fuel tank. The PMI said he did not find fuel stains on the internal structure of the airframe. Examination of N49TK's flight contro
Probable cause
improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel, and failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane, which resulted in a stall/spin and collision with the ground.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
