# Accident 20020716018469A: Amtr RAF2000, Ogden, UT, July 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2002, 18:15 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1958° N, 112.0122° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1958&lon=-112.0122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2058T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020716018469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER INITIAL TAKE OFF AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 200 TO 400 FEET, THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE DRIVE PROPELLER AND REAR RUDDER SUPPORT TUBE. THE OUTER 2/3RDS OF THE DRIVE PROPELLER BLADES AND THE REAR RUDDER SUPPORT TUBE SEPARATED FROM THE GYROPLANE CAUSING A COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE GYROPLANE EXPLODED ON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## 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 DEN02FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA076), Jul 17, 2002: Wheeler Doug 2000 (N2058T), Ogden, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to obtain and maintain adequate main rotor rpm, resulting in blade flapping and subsequent blade contact with the airframe, severing of the tailboom, and causing loss of aircraft…

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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