Miller RAND ROBINSON KR-2 N684LM

Summary

On 21 May 2005 at about 21:00 local time, a Miller RAND ROBINSON KR-2 registered N684LM, operated by Joseph I Bedo, was involved in an accident near Galliano, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 May 2005 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Galliano, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

South Lafourche (L49)

Coordinates

29.4319, -90.2653

Aircraft

Miller RAND ROBINSON KR-2

Registration

N684LM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Joseph I Bedo

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Galliano → Galliano

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05LA129

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin during initial takeoff climb. A contributing factor was the pilot's lack of experience for the make/model airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 55-hour private pilot replaced the airplane's Volkswagen engine on his experimental airplane with a Solar T62 ground power unit (GPU), which the pilot had overhauled and converted into a turbo-prop engine. The pilot's first flight in the airplane, and first flight since the engine conversion, lasted about 15 minutes. On his second flight, he performed two high speed taxi checks at the airport, and then departed south from Runway 18. During the initial climb-out, the airplane entered a slow turning left bank and shortly thereafter, the left wing dropped and the airplane entered a spin before impacting the ground. The airplane was destroyed by post-impact fire.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.