# Accident 20050918022549A: Amtr RAF2000, Bend, OR, September 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2005, 13:00 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Copter/Run Takoff)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0947° N, 121.2006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0947&lon=-121.2006&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918022549A

## Narrative

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

(-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 WITH THE AIRCRAFT'S ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A PITCH ATTITUDE AND AFTER CLIMBING AN ADDITIONAL 30 FEET HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RUNWAY. AS SOON AS THE TURN WAS MADE TO THE RIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A STEEP TURNING DIVE. THE CONTROLS WERE TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE DURING THE DIVE AND THE PILOT TRIED TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT AND AGAIN THE CONTROLS WERE INEFFECTIVE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 SEA05CA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA195), Sep 18, 2005: Eiland RAF-200 Gyro (N4416N), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the flight controls for an undetermined reason, which resulted in a loss of control and in-flight collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N4416N (1)

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

- [Incident 20050421006289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050421006289I), Apr 21, 2005: Amtr RAF2000 (N4416N), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-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…

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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