# Accident 20170312005859A: Kerns Kenneth H Raf 2000 KENS WINGLESS WONDER EJ22, Mt. Airy, NC, March 12, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2017, 13:50 local time
- Place: Mt. Airy, NC
- Airport: Surry County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4567° N, 80.5521° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4567&lon=-80.5521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7195R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7195R-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kerns Kenneth H KENS WINGLESS WONDER (registry code 05902YH, https://openairdocs.org/model/kerns-kenneth-h-kens-wingless-wonder) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KERNS KENNETH H RAF 2000 KENS WINGLESS WONDER EJ22
- Reported engine: SUBARU EJ 2.2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 409 total, 40 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170312005859A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVOLVING KERNS KENNETH H KENS WINGLESS WONDER GYRO COPTER AT MT. AIRY AIRPORT KMWK, NORTH CAROLINA AT 1350 LOCAL SUNDAY 12 MARCH, 2017.

THIS AFTERNOON I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER THAT AN ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER (N7195R) HAD CRASHED IN MT. AIRY, NC.

THE SURRY COUNTY SHERIFF?S SGT. ALEX STARBUCK INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS 1 PERSON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES BUT WAS TRANSPORTED TO WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HOSPITAL.

UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE AT 1700 ON 3/12/17, I OBSERVED A TWO SEAT GYRO COPTER WRECKAGE APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS EAST OF THE CENTER OF RUNWAY 36.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS RIGHT SIDE WITH THE NOSE IN THE EASTERLY DIRECTION. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR WAS BROKE OFF AS WELL AS ALL FOUR BLADES OF THE PROPELLER. THE ROTOR WAS DAMAGED FROM ROTATIONAL FORCE IMPACTING THE GROUND.

IN THE COCKPIT THERE WAS AN 80LB BAG OF QUIKRETE SEAT-BELTED IN THE PASSENGER?S SEAT WITH ANOTHER BAG UNDER THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE BACK OF THE FUSELAGE.

THE RUDDER AND REAR CENTER BEAM/LANDING GEAR WERE BENT AND BROKEN. THE ROTOR WAS BENT AND BROKEN.  ALL 4 BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE BROKE OFF FROM IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA17CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17CA129), Mar 12, 2017: Kerns Kenneth H Kens Wingless Wonder (N7195R), Mount Airy, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper adjustment of the prerotator motor, which resulted in its failure to disengage and the subsequent loss of aircraft control during takeoff.

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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