# Incident 19960430008969I: Amtr RAF2000, Aurora, CO, April 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1996, 07:30 local time
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Aurora Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11ZK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11ZK-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Peters Steven J R A F 2000 GTX (registry code 05626VK, https://openairdocs.org/model/peters-steven-j-r-a-f-2000-gtx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960430008969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT/BUILDER LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST. GYROCOPTER WAS RECENTLY BUILT AND HAD NOT FLOWN.

## Other reports on N11ZK (1)

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

- [Accident 20000729018189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000729018189A), Jul 29, 2000: N11ZK, Manistique, MI, No damage. (-23) Aircraft departed Manistique, MI. (Isq) on 7/29/2000 at 1940Z enroute to gaylord mi. (Glr) on VFR flight plan. Aircraft did not arrive at destination.…

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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