# Accident 20090612008589A: Wermli KR2RANDROBIN, Anaconda, MT, June 12, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2009, 20:15 local time
- Place: Anaconda, MT
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1531° N, 112.8678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1531&lon=-112.8678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40908, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40908-2013-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wermling George A KR-2 RAND ROBINSON (registry code 05626P4, https://openairdocs.org/model/wermling-george-a-kr-2-rand-robinson) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WERMLI KR2RANDROBIN
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA286) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090612008589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 12, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN UNCERTIFIED AND UNTRAINED OWNER OF N90804, A RAND ROBINSON, KR2 HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE FROM RUNWAY 16 AT ANACONDA AIRPORT, MONTANA (3U3).  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 45 FT TO THE LEFT SIDE AFTER A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE OPEN HAVING CRAWLED FROM THE WRECK, AND WAS FOUND BY ANOTHER PILOT AT APPROXIMATELY 0600 THE NEXT MORNING.  THE WEATHER WAS VFR ALTHOUGH A FRONT CAME THROUGH AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WITH GUSTY WINDS WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 WPR09LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA286), Jun 13, 2009: Wermling KR-2 Rand Robinson (N40908), Anaconda, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed and aircraft control during initial climb resulting in a stall/spin.

## Other reports on N40908 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950318009599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950318009599I), Mar 18, 1995: Amtr KR2 (N40908), Helena, MT, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 18, 1995, at approximately 1409 MST, an experimental KR2, owned by george wermling, was on a pleasure flight. While landing with visual…

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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