# Incident 19970421012459I: Amtr MINI500, Marco Island, FL, April 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Marco Island, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9320° N, 81.7048° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marco Island, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9320&lon=-81.7048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500KG-1999-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Geng Karl H REVOLUTION MINI 500 (registry code 05603W3, https://openairdocs.org/model/geng-karl-h-revolution-mini-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MINI500
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970421012459I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 22, 1997, MR. STEVEN P. ROCCO, AIRPORT MANAGER, MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, REPORTED THAT AIRCRAFT N500KG HAD CRASHED AT HIS FACILITY WITH NO REPORTED INJURIES. MR. ROCCO FURTHER STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A HOVER AND THE LEFT SKID STRUTS COLLAPSED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN. MR. JACK FRIEDMAN PROVIDED A WITNESS STATEMENT. HE STATED HE WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT N500KG, MAKE A SERIES OF HOPS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT AND THEN LIFT OFF THE GROUND TO APPROXIMATELY 18 TO 24 INCHES. HE FURTHER STATED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A HOVER AND ROTATED 180 DEGREES AND SLIPPED OFF TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT SKID CONTACTED THE RAMP AND STRUTS ON THE;LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLAPSED. THE PILOT MR. KARL H. GENG PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE HELICOPTER A MINI REVOLUTION 500 HAD RECENTLY BEEN TRUCKED TO NAPLES FLORIDA FROM CALIFORNIA. THE AIRCRAFT HAD 2.5 TOTAL HOURS IN SERVICE. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED INTO A HOVER TO CHECK TORQUE PERFORMANCE AFTER MAKING ADJUSTMENT TO THE CARBURETOR. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON ITS LEFT SIDE AS HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT HE DISCOVERED THE LEFT STRUTS HAD BUCKLED. HE FURTHER STATED, HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SUSPECT THE STRUTS WERE DAMAGED WHILE IN TRANSIT TO FLORIDA. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, MINOR SCRAPES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, AND NO NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR AND TAIL BOOM ASSEMBLIES.

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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