# Accident 20080509839079A: KUNTZ2000, Dickinson, ND, May 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2008, 21:40 local time
- Place: Dickinson, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8861° N, 102.7828° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8861&lon=-102.7828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N610RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N610RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kuntz Randy P KUNTZ 2000 GTSEFI (registry code 05617ZK, https://openairdocs.org/model/kuntz-randy-p-kuntz-2000-gtsefi) (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: KUNTZ2000
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 225 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080509839079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 9, 2008 AND EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT (GYROPLANE), KUNTZ2000, N610RD AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING 12 MI NW OF DICKINSON, ND AFTER ENCOUNTERING IMC CONDITIONS DUE TO FOG.  THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT DICKINSON, ND AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE PILOT'S RANCH STRIP 15 MI NW OF THE AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI08CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA131), May 10, 2008: Kuntz Kuntz 2000 GTS EFI (N610RD), Dickinson, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight weather evaluation and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the precautionary landing at night. Contributing to the accident was the pilot becoming lost after…

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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