# Blanton W George RAF 2000 GYROPLANE

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05604WE
- Manufacturer (registry): BLANTON W GEORGE
- Model: RAF 2000 GYROPLANE
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/blanton-w-george-raf-2000-gyroplane

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 FTW99FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA038), Nov 28, 1998: Blanton RAF 2000 (N14GR), The Colony, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the gyroplane during cruise flight. A factor was the gusty wind condition.

## 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 19981128032389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981128032389A), Nov 28, 1998: Amtr RAF2000 (N14GR), Caddo Mills, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft reportedly came apart in the air before crashing. (.19) on November 28, 1998, at 1500 central standard time, a blanton raf 2000 experimental amateur built…

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Mueller Seed & Research RAF 2000 GYROPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/mueller-seed-research-raf-2000-gyroplane): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056118X
- [Kaminski Gary D RAF 2000 GYROPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/kaminski-gary-d-raf-2000-gyroplane): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05611Z9
- [Allen J S/Allen T S RAF 2000 GYROPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/allen-j-s-allen-t-s-raf-2000-gyroplane): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0561468
- [Northam R A Jr/Johnson K R RAF 2000 GYROPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/northam-r-a-jr-johnson-k-r-raf-2000-gyroplane): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05614V6
- [Latendresse Wayne RAF 2000 GYROPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/latendresse-wayne-raf-2000-gyroplane): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05618Y9
- [Watts Ted G RAF 2000 GYROPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/watts-ted-g-raf-2000-gyroplane): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05624JR

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.