# Accident 20010922026199A: Amtr RAF2000GTXSE, Barre Montpelie, VT, September 22, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Barre Montpelie, VT
- Airport: Edward F Knapp State
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2033° N, 72.5622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2033&lon=-72.5622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90407, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90407-2017-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carver Dennis RAF 2000 GTX SE (registry code 05610KU, https://openairdocs.org/model/carver-dennis-raf-2000-gtx-se) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000GTXSE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010922026199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2001, AT 1330LCL, N90407, AN AMATEUR BUILT GYROPLANE, MODEL RAF-2000-GTX-SE, PILOTED BY OWNER DENNIS P. CARVER, PRIVATE PILOT #2618467 SEL, STUDENT #FF-1398067 (GYROPLANE), WAS DEPARTING RUNWAY 5 AT BARRE-MONTPELIER AIRPORT, BERLIN, VT. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL A CROSSWIND WAS ENCOUNTERED CAUSING LIFTOFF TO OCCUR AND AIRCRAFT TO TURN PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME LIFT WAS LOST AND AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY GOING SIDEWAYS. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO FLIGHT CREW.

## 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 NYC01LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA230), Sep 22, 2001: Carver RAF 2000 GTX SE (N90407), Barre, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the takeoff. A factor in this accident were wind gusts.

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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