# Accident 19980516009669A: Amtr RAF2000, Rensslaer, IN, May 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1998, 16:47 local time
- Place: Rensslaer, IN
- Airport: Jasper County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9296° N, 87.1396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9296&lon=-87.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4062H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4062H-2000-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Butler Tool And Design RAF 2000 (registry code 05625U5, https://openairdocs.org/model/butler-tool-and-design-raf-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 388 total, 168 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980516009669A

## Narrative

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

ACFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE ON LANDING, CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, RENSSELAER, IN. (.4) ON MAY 16, 1998, AT 1647 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A BUTLER TOOL RAF 2000, N4062H, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT ROLLED OVER FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE LANDING AT THE JASPER COUNTY AIRPORT, RENSSELAER, INDIANA.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE GYROPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE JASPER COUNTY AIRPORT, AT 1630 EDT.  THE PILOT REPORTED HE MADE A "NORMAL" APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27.  HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD "TOO MUCH FLARE" DURING THE LANDING AND THE GYROPLANE GOT INTO A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ROTOR BLADES THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE GYROPLANE THEN TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND ROLLED OVER.                                                      (-23) THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A NORMAL APPROACH.  THE PILOT FLARED TOO MUCH RESULTING IN EXTREMELY HIGH NOSE PITCH ALTITUDE. MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE SURFACE AFTER A HARD LANDING.  PILOT ATTEMPTED RECOVERY.  AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED DYNAMIC ROLL OVER.  NO PASSENGERS.  NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI98LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA163), May 16, 1998: Butler Tool RAF 2000 (N4062H), Rensselaer, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot excessively flared the gyroplane during 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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