Rand Robinson KR-1 N98BB

Summary

On 23 July 1983 at about 18:10 local time, a Rand Robinson KR-1 registered N98BB, operated by Harold Guinn, was involved in an accident near Seal Beach, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 July 1983 at 18:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Seal Beach, California, United States

Coordinates

33.7504, -118.0697

Aircraft

Rand Robinson KR-1

Registration

N98BB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Harold Guinn

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Corona → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FUA06

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

ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE ACFT APCHD AT ABOUT 1000 FT, MADE 3 CIRCLES & HEADED IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION. THE ACFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO MAKE A STEEP BANKED TURN TOWARD THE WITNESS AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 200 TO 300 FT ABOVE THE WATER. IT THEN NOSED DOWN, ROLLED OVER & ENTER A DIVE WITH FULL POWER, HITTING THE WATER, NOSE & 1 WING 1ST. ENOUGH OF THE WRECKAGE WAS RECOVERED TO DETERMINE THAT ALL CONTROLS WERE INTACT & HAD MAINTAINED CONTINUITY. THE ENG WAS NOT RECOVERED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.