# Incident 20000719040479I: Amtr SUPPULSAR100, El Monte, CA, July 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2000, 15:46 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601SP-2012-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pulsar SUPER PULSAR 100 (registry code 05610KJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/pulsar-super-pulsar-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SUPPULSAR100
- Reported engine: CONT IO240B
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000719040479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD 97 HOURS ON AIRFRAME, OWNER REMOVED FIXED PITCH PROPELLER AND INSTALLED A NON-CERTIFICATED AEROTEK VARIABLE PITCH PROPELLER, MODEL #RB2000 FOR PERFORMANCE PURPOSES. PROPELLER INSTALLATION WAS IAW MANUFACTURER'S INSTALLATION PROCEDURES WITH A VIBRATION ANALYSIS USING CHADWICK 2000 BALANCING EQUIPMENT.  FIRST FLIGHT INCLUDED A THOROUGH ENGINE RUNUP AND MAG CHECK, SETTING THE ENGINE AT FULL THROTTLE AND THE PROPELLER RPM AT THE RECOMMENDED SETTING AND VERIFICATION OF THE AIRCRAFT TACH ACCURANCE BY USING A LITTON PROPELLER STROBE.  TAKEOFF ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH AND ROTATION MONITORING THE INSTRUMENTS, AFTER REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF 500 FT. AGL PILOT NOTED 2700 RPM AND ADVANCING, ADJUSTED THE PROPELLER CONTROL TO REDUCE THE RPM, RETARDED THE THROTTLE SLIGHTLY AND PULLED THE NOSE UP SLIGHTLY TO ASSIST THE CONTROL OF THE ENGINE RPM (HE STATED MAX RPM IS 2800).  ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY THE PILOT HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE, FELT A VERY MINOR VIBRATION AND REALIZED THAT HE WAS NO LONGER GETTING ANY FORWARD THRUST FROM THE ENGINE/PROPELLER.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, ADVISING THE TOWER THAT HE WAS GOING DOWN IN THE WASH AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO A SAFE LANDING.  AFTER LANDIN G HE CALLED THE TOWER ADVISING THEM THAT HE WAS NOT HURT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NO AIRFRAME DAMAGE, THE SPINNER AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES MISSING AND THE PROPELLER HUB STILL ATTACHED.

## Other reports on N601SP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000820039629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000820039629A), Aug 20, 2000: N601SP, Victorville, CA, Substantial damage. (.4)On August 20, 2000, about 1423 PDT, an experimental pulsar 100, N601SP, was substantially damaged during an off-airport landing at Victorville, California.…

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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