# Accident 20070218002199A: Amtr KB2, Oklahoma City, OK, February 18, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2007, 16:30 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Clarence E Page Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4889° N, 97.8089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4889&lon=-97.8089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6KT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6KT-2007-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stevens John P KB-2 (registry code 05617G8, https://openairdocs.org/model/stevens-john-p-kb-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KB2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,222 total, 160 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070218002199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES STATED THE PILOT INITIALLY DEPARTED RUNWAY 17L AND COMPLETED ONE CIRCUIT AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. WHILE APPROACHING THE NORTH END OF RUNWAY 17L THE PILOT APPEARED TO HOVER INTO THE WIND AND PERFORMED SEVERAL PEDAL TURNS. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO PERFORM A TOUCH AND GO MANEUVER AND STARTED AROUND THE TRAFFIC PATTERN A SECOND TIME. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT WHILE ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN THE GYRO COPTER APPEARED TO FLY STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 100-150 FEET AGL. NEAR THE MID-FIELD POINT, THE GYRO COPTER SUDDENLY PITCHED TO A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 DFW07FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA071), Feb 18, 2007: Stevens KB-2 (N6KT), Oklahoma City, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the gyroplane while in the traffic pattern. Contributing to the accident was the high wind with terrain induced turbulence and the absence of the…

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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