Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Union, Oregon
Sunday, June 6, 1982 15:45 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

REPORTEDLY, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LA GRANDE, OR WITH 12 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD AND WAS FLOWN TO BAKER, OR. LATER, THE PILOT DEPARTED BAKER ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO LA GRANDE WITHOUT REFUELING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE WAS REPORTED AS MISSING. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS FOUND ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF UNION, OR. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE PLANE HAD CRASHED WITH MINIMUM FORWARD MOTION ABOUT 1500 FT FROM AN OPEN FIELD. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE FOUND IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AND CONTINUITY WAS EVIDENT TO ALL CONTROL SURFACES. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS FOUND UNDAMAGED IN THE 12 O-CLOCK POSITION, THE OTHER BLADE WAS SHATTERED AND DRIVEN INTO THE GROUND BELOW THE PROPELLER HUB. THE 12 GALLON FUEL TANK HAD BEEN DESTROYED DURING IMPACT. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE SEDIMENT BOWL OR CARBURETOR AND NO TRACE OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN OR NEAR THE FUEL TANK. RAIN SHOWERS WERE REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/6/1982
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1545
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City UNION
Event State OREGON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site
Event Date Year 1982
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 7000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 40
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 60
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 180
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency FAA
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1415
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information
Date of most recent change to record Oct 31 2002 4:04PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\ZUZL
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N54622
NTSB Number SEA82FYM18
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name MCCALL
Aircraft Model KR-2
Aircraft Series Identifier KR-2
Aircraft Serial Number 2495
Certified Max Gross Weight 900
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Unknown
Aircraft is a homebuilt? Yes
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection 11
Airframe Hours 99
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GEORGE MCCALL
Aircraft Owner Street Address RT. 4, BOX 4282
Aircraft Owner City LA GRANDE
Aircraft Owner State OR
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 97850
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name GEORGE MCCALL
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address RT. 4, BOX 4282
Operator City LA GRANDE
Operator State OR
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 97850
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City BAKER
Departure State OR
Departure Country
Departure Time 1537
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code
Destination City LA GRANDE
Destination State OR
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 18 2002 4:50PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --