# Accident 20030919023729A: Amtr RAF2000GTXSE, Bonners Ferry, ID, September 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2003, 08:45 local time
- Place: Bonners Ferry, ID
- Airport: Boundary County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.7283° N, 116.2928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.7283&lon=-116.2928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24DN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24DN-2008-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Levick F Walter RAF 2000 GTX-SE (registry code 05615B2, https://openairdocs.org/model/levick-f-walter-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030919023729A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 SEA03LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA191), Sep 19, 2003: Levick RAF 2000 GTX-SE (N24DN), Bonners Ferry, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N24DN (1)

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

- [Accident 20071214828739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071214828739A), Dec 14, 2007: Amtr RAF2000GTXSE (N24DN), Salem, IN, Destroyed. (-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…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.