# Incident 19990213001479I: Amtr RAF2000, Mesquite, TX, February 13, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1999, 10:06 local time
- Place: Mesquite, TX
- Airport: Phil L Hudson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7668° N, 96.5992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mesquite, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7668&lon=-96.5992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N998WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N998WM-2005-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Myers Winfred L RAF 2000 GTX (registry code 05606RB, https://openairdocs.org/model/myers-winfred-l-raf-2000-gtx) (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: 600 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990213001479I

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN LATERAL CONTROL, AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-5) GYROCOPTER DEPARTED MESQUITE AIRPORT. REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN LATERAL CONTROL, PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD WEST OF AIRPORT PROPERTY LINE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO GYROCOPTER, WHEN AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON ITS SIDE 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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