# Incident 19961028034409I: Amtr RAF2000, Marina, CA, October 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1996, 10:45 local time
- Place: Marina, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6803° N, 121.7894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marina, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6803&lon=-121.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N825RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N825RP-2007-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Phoebus Ronald W RAF 2000 GTX (registry code 05630AA, https://openairdocs.org/model/phoebus-ronald-w-raf-2000-gtx) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 114 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961028034409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 28, 1996, APPROXIMATELY 10:45 PST, EXPERIMENTAL GYROPLANE RAF 2000, N825RP, OWNED AND OPERATED BY RONALD W. PHOEBUS OF CARMEL, CA WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 29 AT MARINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MARINA, CA. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ROTORBLADE AND PROPELLER AS THEY CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE DURING THE LANDING PHASE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT, MR. RON PHOEBUS, A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. MR. PHOEBUS STATED HE WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT AND WAS RETURNING TO MARINA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR STOP AND GO LANDINGS. AFTER THE FIRST STOP AND GO HE DEPARTED FOR CLOSED TRAFFIC AND ANOTHER LANDING. THE SURFACE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT FIVE KNOTS AND WERE NOT A FACTOR. MR. PHOEBUS STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY ON THE TAIL, THEN THE MAIN WHEELS. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PULL TO THE RIGHT. AN IMMEDIATE CORRECTION ATTEMPT LED TO INCREASINGLY SWERVING OSCILLATIONS. THE GYROPLANE QUICKLY ROLLED TO THE LEFT SIDE AND THE ROTORBLADE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE, DESTROYING IT AND THE PROPELLER. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CABIN AND THE WHEEL PANTS. MR. PHOEBUS SPECULATED THE NOSE WHEEL MAY HAVE BEEN COCKED TO THE RIGHT AS IT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PULL TO THE RIGHT. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR LESTER COLLINS EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT ON NOVEMBER 4, 1996 AND CONFIRMED THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. AS THE DAMAGE TO THE ROTORBLADE AND PROPELLER WAS CAUSED BY GROUND CONTACT THIS IS NOT CLASSIFIED AN ACCIDENT BY DEFINITION (SECTION 830, TITLE 49). NO PILOT DEVIATION OR 8020-11 GENERATED. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

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