# Accident 19971026030989A: Amtr MINI500, Long Beach, CA, October 26, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1997, 12:33 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8008° N, 118.3506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8008&lon=-118.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7234Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7234Y-2000-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Revolution Helicopter MINI-500 (registry code 05604CZ, https://openairdocs.org/model/revolution-helicopter-mini-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MINI500
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 504 total, 52 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971026030989A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE AT 250FT AGL. AUTOROTATED BUT COULD ONLY GET 80 PERCENT ROTOR RPM. POSSIBLE ROTOR LOW PITCH STOPS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX98LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA021), Oct 26, 1997: Revolution MINI-500 (N7234Y), Long Beach, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: loss of engine power and low rotor rpm for undeterminted reasons. The factory representative's recommendation to reduce the main rotor low pitch stop (from -1.8 degree to -0.5 degree) may have been a…

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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