# Incident 20000814035739I: Amtr RAF2000, Monroe, NC, August 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2000, 14:30 local time
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Airport: Monroe Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9854° N, 80.5495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9854&lon=-80.5495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2426E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2426E-2001-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zimmer Ben A KIT RAF 2000 (registry code 056080M, https://openairdocs.org/model/zimmer-ben-a-kit-raf-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000814035739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS TAXING HIS GYROCOPTER ON THE NE/SW TAXIWAY, HE OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT EXITING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND WAS UNSURE AS TO WHETHER THIS AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO HOLD SHORT OF THE TAXIWAY. ^PRIVACY DA^ INITIATED THE BRAKING PROCEDURE, REQUIRING HIM TO TAKE ONE FOOT OFF ONE OF THE RUDDER PEDALS. AS HE WAS DOING THIS THE GYROCOPTER VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE TAXI CENTERLINE. ^PRIVACY DA^ FREELY ADMITTED THAT HE "OVER REACTED", CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN OVER ONTO THE GRASSY AREA BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY. THE ROTOR BLADE, AS WELL AS THE PROPELLER, STRUCK THE SOFT DIRT AS HIS AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. ^PRIVACY DA^ THEN SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND EXITED THE GYROCOPTER. OTHER THAN THE DAMAGE DONE TO HIS AIRCRAFT, THERE WAS NO INJURY TO OTHER PEOPLE OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF WHAT TRANSPIRED. ATTACHED IS ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATEMENT OF EVENTS.

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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