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FAA accident report · Amtr RAF 2000 GTX-SE · Bonners Ferry, ID · September 19, 2003

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Date
September 19, 2003 · 08:45 local
Place
Bonners Ferry, ID
Airport
Boundary County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N24DN
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA03LA191
Reported as
Amtr RAF2000GTXSE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
37 total37 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N24DNRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2008 · Levick F Walter RAF 2000 GTX-SES/N H2-98-9-340 · Built 1998Airframe modelLevick F Walter RAF 2000 GTX-SEEngine modelSubaru ALL MDLS A/B4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On September 19, 2003 at approximately 0845 local time, while landing at the boundry cunty airport runway 20, Mr. Donald o. nystrom a student pilot lost control of N24DN an raf 2000 gtx-se gyrocopter. During landing the aircraft encountered a left quartering tail wind which caused the aircraft to weathervane just before touchdown causing the aircraft to depart the runway in a southwesternly direction. The pilot reported that he added power in an attempt to go around and in an attempt to miss some rising terrain, he moved the control stick aft which resulted in a nose high attitude with diminished rotor RPM. At a point just over a taxiway due to loss of rotor RPM and at an altitude of approximately 15 feet, the aircraft quit flying, rotated approximately 180 degrees, and contacted an asphalt taxiway in a nose down left side low attitude causing failure of the nose gear and left main landing gear. The main rotor blades contacted the ground causing failure of the main rotor support structure and destruction of the main rotor blades. The main rotor blades eventually contacted the pusher propeller causing failure of all three pusher propeller blades. No injuries to the pilot and no fire.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 LOCAL TIME, WHILE LANDING AT THE BOUNDRY CUNTY AIRPORT RUNWAY 20, MR. DONALD O. NYSTROM A STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF N24DN AN RAF 2000 GTX-SE GYROCOPTER. DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY IN A SOUTHWESTERNLY DIRECTION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ADDED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO MISS SOME RISING TERRAIN, HE MOVED THE CONTROL STICK AFT WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE WITH DIMINISHED ROTOR RPM. AT A POINT JUST OVER A TAXIWAY DUE TO LOSS OF ROTOR RPM AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT QUIT FLYING, ROTATED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES, AND CONTACTED AN ASPHALT TAXIWAY IN A NOSE DOWN LEFT SIDE LOW ATTITUDE CAUSING FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING FAILURE OF THE MAIN ROTOR SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES EVENTUALLY CONTACTED THE PUSHER PROPELLER CAUSING FAILURE OF ALL THREE PUSHER PROPELLER BLADES. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND NO FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB SEA03LA191Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBonners Ferry, IDThe pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty wind conditions and his failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in the gyrocraft departing the runway and the main rotor impacting the ground. A contributing factor was wind gusts.Sep 19, 2003 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N24DN · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20071214828739ATo Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct) · Salem, IN(-23) N24DN piloted by private pilot on December 14, 2007 at 1926 gmt was in the process of takeoff from Salem airport (I83) Salem, IN. As the aircraft rolled down the runway and rotated for take off, the aircraft drifted to the right over the taxiway.…Dec 14, 2007 · Destroyed