# Accident 20080917846529A: Amtr RAF2000, Portland-Mulin, OR, September 17, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Portland-Mulin, OR
- Airport: Portland-Mulino
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2161° N, 122.5900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2161&lon=-122.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N554BG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N554BG-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Goetz Byron RAF 2000 (registry code 05621W4, https://openairdocs.org/model/goetz-byron-raf-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RAF2000
- Reported engine: AMTR EJ22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08CA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080917846529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDA6Y, AUGUST 17, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 LOCAL TIME, THE PIC OF N554BG WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 32, WHEN ON HIS THIRD LANDING HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS RIGHT SIDE.  THE PIC SAID THE WINDS WHERE BLOWING FROM WEST TO EAST, BUT DID NOT KNOW AT WHAT SPEED THE WIND WAS BLOWING.

## 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 SEA08CA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA204), Sep 18, 2008: Goetz RAF 2000 (N554BG), Mulino, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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