# Accident 20030613012719A: Kowtun MINI500, Phoenix, AZ, June 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2003, 20:20 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6881° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6881&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N919WK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N919WK-2007-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kowtun Walter MINI 500 (registry code 056038K, https://openairdocs.org/model/kowtun-walter-mini-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KOWTUN MINI500
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030613012719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 13, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 2020 MST, AN EXPERIMENTAL KOWTUN MINI 500 HELICOPTER, N919WK, IMPACTED THE GROUND AND ROLLED OVER ON ITS RIGHT SIDE, AT THE DEER VALLEY AIRPORT;PHOENIX. ARIZONA. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING A HOVER, THE HELICOPTER STARTED AN UNCONTROLLED RIGHT ROTATION. AFTER 5 TO 6, 360 DEGREE ROTATIONS THE PILOT BROUGHT THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION, THIS SLOWED THE ROTATION AND THE PILOT THEN LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE. AS THE HELICOPTER SETTLED TO THE GROUND, THE RIGHT SKID COLLAPSED DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S ROTATION, THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. N919WK DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 LAX03LA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA198), Jun 14, 2003: Kowtun Mini 500 (N919WK), Phoenix, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the helicopter.

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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