# Incident 20050421006289I: Amtr RAF2000, Jacksonville, FL, April 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4416N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4416N-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eiland M T RAF-2000 GYRO (registry code 056060A, https://openairdocs.org/model/eiland-m-t-raf-2000-gyro) (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 RAF2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 125 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050421006289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 21, 2005 AN EXPERIMENTAL GYROCOPTER N4416N MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD 1/2 MILES FROM CRAIG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FL AFTER DEPARTURE. PILOT REPORTED LOSING POWER AND AUTOROTATED SAFELY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE BELTS THAT DRIVE THE MOTOR SYSTEM WERE SEVERED.

## Other reports on N4416N (1)

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

- [Accident 20050918022549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918022549A), Sep 18, 2005: Amtr RAF2000 (N4416N), Bend, OR, Destroyed. (-23) The aircraft experienced some difficulty during take-off roll. Aircraft took-off normally and climbed to 60 or 70 feet, the pilot noticed something wrong…

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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