Howard William C KR-2 accident near Valdosta, GA
On April 4, 2009, a Howard William C KR-2 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Valdosta, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 4, 2009
- Place
- Valdosta, GA
- Aircraft
- Howard William C KR-2 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.750°N, 83.276°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090404X04529
Official records · ERA09LA231
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC Transcript [Partial]: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 4, 2009, about 1848 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Howard KR-2, N456CH, was destroyed by fire during an off-airport landing. The certificated private pilot was killed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight which departed from Valdosta Regional Airport (VLD), Valdosta, Georgia. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The flight departed VLD approximately 1825 and was required to remain with in 25 nautical miles of VLD until the airplane had flown at least a total of 40 hours of logged flight time. This limitation, along with others, had been issued for the Phase 1 flight testing under the Experimental Operating Limitations by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The pilot called the FAA Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) at VLD and reported that he had smoke coming into the cockpit and was about 9 miles from the airport. Subsequently, the pilot reported a fire in the cockpit and the ATCT received no further communication from the pilot. According to a pilot friend of the accident pilot, the accident flight was the third flight for this airplane and the first flight in the airplane for the accident pilot. The friend had helped the accident pilot install the engine into the accident airplane and also performed the first two flights in the accident airplane; the second of the two flights occurred on February 21, 2009. That flight was approximately 1.7 hours in duration and was flown in order to veri
Probable cause
An in-flight fire for undetermined reasons.
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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.
