NTSB Identification: MIA01LA115

                              Accident occurred Saturday, April 07, 2001 at Nashville, NC
                                 Aircraft:Jerome Wells KR-2, registration: N8089K
                                        Injuries: 1 Minor, 1 Uninjured.

 This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been
                                               completed.

On April 7, 2001, about 1120 eastern daylight time, a Jerome Wells KR-2, N8089K, registered to, and operated by a private owner as a Title 14 CFR
Part 91 personal flight, made a forced landing to a field in Nashville, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan
was filed. The airline transport-rated pilot sustained minor injuries, and one passenger received no injuries. The aircraft incurred substantial damage.
The flight originated from Petersburg, Virginia, the same day, about 1015.

The pilot stated that he had recently purchased the aircraft, and was flying it home, and while in cruise flight at about 1,200 feet, the aircraft engine
ceased operating. The pilot further stated that he executed a forced landing to an open field, and the airplane incurred substantial damage during the
landing.

Any word on this Virg?

Paul Lamar
 
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