# Incident 19991102031319I: Amtr MINI500, Pendleton, OR, November 2, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1999, 13:23 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Airport: Pendleton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6756° N, 118.8195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pendleton, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6756&lon=-118.8195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500ZX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500ZX-2017-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sawalish Robert V MINI 500 (registry code 05604H0, https://openairdocs.org/model/sawalish-robert-v-mini-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MINI500
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991102031319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. SWALISH WAS PERFORMING POST-AD ENGINE MAINTENANCE RUN. AT 90% RPM, CRAFT PITCHED VIOLENTLY SIDEWAYS (LH), MAIN ROTOR STRUCK GROUND.  UPON RECOVERY OF AIRCRAFT, MR. SAWALISH DISCOVERED SEVERED PITCH CONTROL ARM ON RAMP.  THIS PART INCORPORATED (2) NEW ATTACHMENT FITTINGS WHICH WAS PART OF AD KIT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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