# Accident 20120331005519A: Ruiz E RAF 2000, Anahuac, TX, March 31, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2012, 15:48 local time
- Place: Anahuac, TX
- Airport: Chambers County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7717° N, 94.6633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7717&lon=-94.6633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9012R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9012R-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ruiz E RAF 2000 (registry code 05610HB, https://openairdocs.org/model/ruiz-e-raf-2000) (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: RUIZ E RAF 2000
- Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 34 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120331005519A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 31, 2012 N9012R WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT AT CHAMBERS COUNTY AIRPORT IN ANAHUAC TEXAS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE STUDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT FLYING AND LOST POSITIVE AIRCRAFT CONTROL WHILE TRANSITIONING FROM LANDING ROLL-OUT TO TAXI. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE FORWARD ROLLING MOVEMENT INITIATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THIS LOSS OF POSITIVE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL RESULTED IN A ROTOR STRIKE CAUSING THE GYRO PLANE TO ROLL AND THEN LEADING TO THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL WITH ROTOR AND PROPELLER DESTROYED. THE RUDDER WAS SPLIT IN HALF AND CURLED. THE EXTENSION BEAM (TAIL OF AIRCRAFT) FROM THE COCKPIT TO THE RUDDER HAD A NOTICEABLE BEND. THE COCKPIT WAS CRACKED AND BROKEN ON ALL SIDES. THE PILOTS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN12CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA226), Mar 31, 2012: Ruiz E RAF 2000 (N9012R), Anahuac, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper nosewheel and cyclic positioning during the taxi, which resulted in the gyroplane's main rotor contacting the runway surface. Contributing to the accident was the flight…

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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