Last Saturday I crashed my KR2.....I'm OK and It will fly again. An extraxt of the report follows, for the full report and photos see http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/doco/INCIDENT%20-%20RAAus.doc
Engine lost power and was missing, it appeared to be running lean like a fuel blockage and could not climb, the fuel boost pump was turned on, carby heat applied and the engine ran better for a while. I continued to climb, but the engine missing became worse. By throttling back I was able to get the engine to run smoothly but this would only last for a little while and the it would miss again, I then changed the throttle settings again (up and down) and by throttling back even more it ran better. This continued for a short while, about 10 minutes, and eventually I was throttled back that far that I couldn't maintain altitude. I picked a turf farm paddock but on a 1000 foot down wind I saw power line so I extend to a plowed paddock which looked ideal. I did a normal circuit, once on finals I realised that there was a contour in the paddock which I couldn't see from the air. I touched down nicely before the contour but hit the contour with enough speed to bounce about 20 feet into the air but not enough speed to maintain flight. I landed hard and collapsed the undercarriage and the left wing dug into the ground, then the nose and finally the right wing hit the ground. regards Barry Kruyssen Cairns, Australia [email protected] http://www.users.bigpond.com/kr2/kr2.htm
