# Accident 20111120027439A: Bray Verle G Jr KITFOX IV 1200, Bunn, NC, November 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2011, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bunn, NC
- Airport: Crooked Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9336° N, 78.2464° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9336&lon=-78.2464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6844B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6844B-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bray Verle G JR KITFOX IV 1200 (registry code 05626QP, https://openairdocs.org/model/bray-verle-g-jr-kitfox-iv-1200) (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: BRAY VERLE G JR KITFOX IV 1200
- Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 15 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111120027439A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA12CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA078), Nov 20, 2011: Bray Verle G JR Kitfox IV 1200 (N6844B), Bunn, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not attain a proper touchdown point while attempting to land with a tailwind and delayed his decision to abort the landing.

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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