# Accident 19970921044909A: Amtr KR2, Greenwood, SC, September 21, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Greenwood, SC
- Airport: Greenwood County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1903° N, 82.1495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1903&lon=-82.1495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9097E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KR2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970921044909A

## Narrative

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

NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. OWNR BUILER HAD MADE UNSAFE SWA CUT IN RIGHT WING. PILOT JUMPED PRIOR IMPACT. WING FAILED. (-23) THE FATAL ACCIDENT OF JOHN WOODROW CULP IN HIS KR2 AIRCRAFT, N9097E, OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 LOCAL (1330Z). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND 1/4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE GREENWOOD COUNTY AIRPORT (KGRD), SC, IN A HEAVILY WOODED, HILLY AREA. THE PILOT, JOHN CULP, WAS FOUND NEARLY 150 FEET BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE. MR. CULP DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING THE GROUND. (HE WAS NOT PART OF THE AIRCRAFT DEBRIS). THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND AT AN APPROXIMATE 60 DEGREE ANGLE, NOSE DOWN, ON A HEADING OF 170 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE EARTH WITH GREAT FORCE SCATTERING ITS DEBRIS ABOUT A 50-FEET RADIUS. THE SCATTERED PARTS WERE BARELY RECOGNIZABLE AS PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT. NO FUEL WAS PRESENT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT BURN. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

## 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 ATL97LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA137), Sep 21, 1997: John W. Culp KR-2 (N9097E), Greenwood, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The collision with the ground for undetermined reasons.

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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