# Base ED RAF 2000

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05604ZM
- Manufacturer (registry): BASE ED
- Model: RAF 2000
- Aircraft type: Rotorcraft
- Category: Rotorcraft
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/base-ed-raf-2000

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN20TA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20TA030), Dec 7, 2019: Rotary RAF 2000 (N47EB), Omaha, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing in gusting wind conditions.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20191207017359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191207017359A), Dec 7, 2019: Base Ed RAF 2000 (N47EB), Omaha, NE, Substantial damage. On 12/7/2019 N47EB, an raf 2000 gtx xe gyroplane, attempted to land on runway 12 at Millard Airport, Omaha Nebraska. During touchdown the aircraft was observed…

## Service difficulty reports (1)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 20001017SH037](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20001017SH037), Sep 16, 2000: TERMINAL. BROKEN. AIRCRAFT FORCED TO EMERGENCY LAND AFTER ENGINE QUIT DURING LANDING. AIRCRAFT IS AN AMATEUR BUILT GYRO PLANE. THE ENGINE WAS A SUBURU WITH SINGLE COIL IGNITION S

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Carpenter Gregory K RAF-2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/carpenter-gregory-k-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601CR
- [Lauton Robert RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/lauton-robert-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602M8
- [Smith Paul F RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-paul-f-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603BU
- [Hurst Anthony P RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/hurst-anthony-p-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05603FZ
- [Bell Cody JR RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-cody-jr-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604HE
- [Hancock Jay W RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/hancock-jay-w-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605G7
- [Bosworth Richard J RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/bosworth-richard-j-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05605QO
- [Thornton Ernest L RAF2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/thornton-ernest-l-raf2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606VB
- [Bigge William C RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/bigge-william-c-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607NQ
- [Tiahrt Jerry R RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/tiahrt-jerry-r-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610I6
- [Sanders Jerry L RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/sanders-jerry-l-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05610ZH
- [Gillispie James Meredith RAF 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/gillispie-james-meredith-raf-2000): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056141W

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