# Accident 20080112011309A: Newbol RAF2000, Newark, OH, January 12, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2008, 15:27 local time
- Place: Newark, OH
- Airport: Newark-Heath
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0300° N, 82.4619° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0300&lon=-82.4619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90413, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90413-2018-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Newbold Edward NEWBOLD 2000 (registry code 05622OX, https://openairdocs.org/model/newbold-edward-newbold-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NEWBOL RAF2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 287 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080112011309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 12, 2008, AN EXPERIMENTAL GYROPLANE, N90413, MAKE NEWBOLD EDWARD, MODEL NEWBOLD 2000, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT PILOTED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS DEMONSTRATING HOW TO RECOVER FROM A BAD APPROACH AND LANDING. A HARD LANDING RESULTED, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF CAUSING THE GYROPLANE TO TIP ON ITS SIDE STRIKING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, BENDING THE ROTOR MAST, AND BREAKING THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 CHI08CA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA063), Jan 12, 2008: Newbold Newbold 2000 (N90413), Newark, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The CFI's failure to maintain control of the gyrocopter which resulted in settling with power and the subsequent hard landing. Factors associated with the accident were the CFI's decision to…

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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