20111120027439A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Bray Verle G JR KITFOX IV 1200 · Bunn, NC · November 20, 2011

Date
November 20, 2011 · 10:30 local
Place
Bunn, NC
Airport
Crooked Creek
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6844B
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12CA078
Reported as
Bray Verle G JR Kitfox IV 1200
Reported engine
SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,600 total15 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot landed long, about mid field or more on the uphill portion of the runway, a go-around was initiated and the aircraft became airborne, banking to the right after lift off and impacting two large pine trees approximately 20 feet above ground, with the left wing, breaking it loose from the aircraft and rotating the plane to the left over a medium size dead tree trunk and some saplings tearing the undercarriage from the aircraft and damaging the right wing and support strut in addition to buckling the lower part of the fuselage prior to impacting the ground. The manner in which the composite propeller blades were fractured along with dirt and debris embedded in the portion still attached to the hub evidenced that the engine was still running at impact.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED LONG, ABOUT MID FIELD OR MORE ON THE UPHILL PORTION OF THE RUNWAY, A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED AND THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, BANKING TO THE RIGHT AFTER LIFT OFF AND IMPACTING TWO LARGE PINE TREES APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET ABOVE GROUND, WITH THE LEFT WING, BREAKING IT LOOSE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ROTATING THE PLANE TO THE LEFT OVER A MEDIUM SIZE DEAD TREE TRUNK AND SOME SAPLINGS TEARING THE UNDERCARRIAGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING AND SUPPORT STRUT IN ADDITION TO BUCKLING THE LOWER PART OF THE FUSELAGE PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE MANNER IN WHICH THE COMPOSITE PROPELLER BLADES WERE FRACTURED ALONG WITH DIRT AND DEBRIS EMBEDDED IN THE PORTION STILL ATTACHED TO THE HUB EVIDENCED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.