# Incident 19970509009949I: Amtr MINI500, Stockton, CA, May 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1997, 19:35 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi, Other Helicopter
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8933° N, 121.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8933&lon=-121.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500FE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500FE-1998-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kirkpatrick Edward E MINI-500 (registry code 05602A6, https://openairdocs.org/model/kirkpatrick-edward-e-mini-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MINI500
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX277
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 16 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970509009949I

## Narrative

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

HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON 05/09/97 AT APPROXIMATELY 1935 LOCAL, A KIRKPATRICK MINI-N500FE, FLOWN BY EDWARD E. KIRKPATRICK, BEGAN TO TAXI FROM THE HELIPAD AT ADVANCED HELICOPTERS AT STOCKTON METROPOLITAN AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS 3' TO 5' ABOVE GROUND AT THE TIME, CAME DOWN ON THE SKIDS, AND FELL OVER ONTO THE LEFT SIDE AFTER THE LEFT SKID BROKE OFF. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT. THE PILOT HOLDS AN ATP CERTIFICATE. INVESTIGATION RESULTS: INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, FOUND THE ROTOR AND TAIL BLADES DAMAGED, LEFT SKID BROKEN, SOME INDENTATIONS IN THE FIBERGLASS BODY OF THE CABIN, AND FUEL IN THE TANK. UNABLE TO DETERMINE ORIGIN OF ENGINE FAILURE. NEGATIVE PILOT DEVIATION.

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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