Peters RAF 2000 N11ZK

Summary

On 29 July 2000 at about 20:05 local time, a Peters RAF 2000 registered N11ZK was involved in an accident near Manistique, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 July 2000 at 20:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Manistique, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

45.9502, -86.2498

Aircraft

Peters RAF 2000

Registration

N11ZK

Category

Gyrocraft

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Gaylord

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI00FAMS2

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A gyrocopter was presumed missing after not completing a VFR flight planned flight with an assumed departure time. The aircraft has been presumed destroyed and the pilot presumed to have been fatally injured. The aircraft was fueled with 16.6 gallons of "avgas" at 1513 and was observed departing at 1545 on a southeast heading. A similar aircraft was observed flying over an island along the route of flight on a southeast heading "at about 4:05 to 4:15 PM." The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, United States Coast Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and Michigan State Police were notified and search and rescue missions were commenced. Coast Guard District 9 suspended their search at 1620Z 10 August 00. Michigan State Police suspended their search 2200Z 10 August 00. To date, the wreckage has not been located.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.