# Accident 19930704021899A: Amtr KB2, Mount Holly, NJ, July 4, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1993, 14:34 local time
- Place: Mount Holly, NJ
- Airport: South Jersey Reg Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9929° N, 74.7877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Holly, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9929&lon=-74.7877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6606B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6606B-2013-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wernega John KB-2 (registry code 13027LE, https://openairdocs.org/model/wernega-john-kb-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KB2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930704021899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MADE ABRUPT PULLUP AND LEVEL OFF AFTER LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY. ROTORS SEVERED TAIL OF GYROPLANE. ROTORS BLEW OFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO93LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA106), Jul 4, 1993: Wernega Benson KB-2 (N6606B), Mount Holly, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE GYROPLANE'S FLIGHT CONTROLS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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