# Accident 20010530011819A: Amtr RAF2000GTXSE, Gardiner, MT, May 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2001, 08:00 local time
- Place: Gardiner, MT
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0290° N, 110.6990° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0290&lon=-110.6990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2361S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2361S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Herriford Richard Ralph RAF 2000 GTX-SE (registry code 056073G, https://openairdocs.org/model/herriford-richard-ralph-raf-2000-gtx-se) (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 RAF2000GTXSE
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA01LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010530011819A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE BELIEF OF THE PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR (NON-PRESENT) IS THAT THE PILOT FLATTENED THE DISK TOO MUCH DURING ACCELERATION THEN OVERLY APPLIED BACK STICK CAUSING AN EXCESSIVE ANGLE TO THE RETREATING BLADE CAUSING IT TO STALL AND CONTACT THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA01LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA107), May 30, 2001: Herriford RAF 2000 (N2361S), Gardiner, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to rotate the aircraft until he was well past the normal takeoff rotation speed, and his abrupt rotation at this higher speed.

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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