# Accident 19981216033359A: Amtr RAF2000, Walla Walla, WA, December 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1998, 11:31 local time
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Airport: Walla Walla City County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1095° N, 118.3003° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1095&lon=-118.3003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N797X-2006-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elliott William B RAF 2000 (registry code 05605U5, https://openairdocs.org/model/elliott-william-b-raf-2000) (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: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 14 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981216033359A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON ROLLOUT AFTER DESCENT FROM TWENTY FOOT HOVER. (.19) ON DECEMBER 16, 1998, AT 1131 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A ELLIOT RAF 2000 GYROPLANE, N797X, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND NO REPORT OF AN ELT ACTUATING. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRACTICING TAXI TESTS AND 20 FOOT HOVERS ON RUNWAY 16/34, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON ROLLOUT AFTER DESCENT FROM 20 FEET. THE GYROPLANE ROLLED OVER ON ITS SIDE.                (-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS LANDING FOLLOWING A TAXI-HOVER FLIGHT DOWN A PORTION OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FIRST ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WHEN THE NOSE GEAR SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLING ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.  THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE HAD BEEN CORRECTING FOR A CROSSWIND WITH THE LEFT RUDDER AND HAD OBVIOUSLY TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE RUDDER APPLIED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS OBVIOUSLY ROLLED TO ITS RIGHT SIDE DUE TO VISUAL DAMAGE WHICH DESTROYED              Y/R BLADES, DESTROYED PUSHER PROPELLER, A B ENT M/R MAST, BROKEN RUDDER AND VERTICLE STABILIZER, AND SKID DAMAGE TO CANOPY AND PLEXIGLASS.

## 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 SEA99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA021), Dec 16, 1998: Elliott RAF 2000 (N797X), Walla Walla, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control after 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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