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Flyingmonk wrote:
Matt, just FYI only, many of us actually lost good friends in that machine (mini500). In my case Gil Armbruster, so for some of us it hits close to home. I guess you wouldn't understand unless you were in our shoes. This is what happened to Gil, show me where we were at fault; RHCI INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS The pilot had installed his Mini-500 “Power Enhancement Package” (PEP), and against RHCI’s severe warnings, chose not to use the provided jet package containing a 2.76 needle jet. Instead he installed a 2.78 needle jet which meant that he needed a 155 main jet to achieve the proper EGT in hover. RHCI informed the pilot that the engine would seize with this small main jet, when at high-power settings it could not supply sufficient fuel to the engine, causing it to heat and seize. The main jet should have been a 165 or 170. Also, he had erroneously set the needle in the third position on the cylinder that seized; the other was correct in the fourth position. He was flying over a forest when the engine seized, and autorotated into a 50-foot tall tree. The impact broke the mast and the aircraft fell and landed upside down on the ground. NTSB Identification: IAD99FA023 Accident occurred Nov-29-98 At Midland, VA Aircraft: Armbruster Mini-500, registration: N500GH Injuries: 1 Fatal This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On November 29, 1998, about 1515 eastern standard time, a homebuilt Mini 500, N500GH, was destroyed during a collision with trees near Midland, Virginia. The certificated private pilot/owner/builder was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight that originated from the Manassas Airport (HEF), Manassas, Virginia. No flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. A family member reported the pilot missing after not returning from his normal 40 to 45 minute flight. The pilot's vehicle remained parked outside his hangar the next morning, and the Federal Aviation Administration issued an Alert Notice. The Civil Air Patrol's search discovered that tower personnel at HEF recorded the helicopter taking off at 1400. Witnesses stated that they saw the helicopter near Leesburg Airport, Leesburg, Virginia, about 1430, and near Nokesville, Virginia, about 1500, on November 29th. The helicopter was located on December 2, 1998, about 1530, in a wooded area approximately 1/4 mile north/northeast of the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport, Warrenton, Virginia. A survey of the debris field discovered that the initial impact point was the top of a 50-foot tall tree. Tree limbs, measuring 4 to 6 inches in diameter, were cut horizontally and found near the base of the tree. One of the helicopter's rotors was lying on the ground near the tree; the other was snagged on a fracture tree limb about 30 feet above the ground. The main wreckage was lying on its left side between two trees 5 feet apart, and about 35 feet south of the initial impact point. All major components of the helicopter were found at the accident scene. Examination of the flight controls revealed continuity at the time of impact. The engine logbook indicated that in August 1998, at 200.4 hours on the Hobbs meter, the owner replaced both pistons, rings, wrist pins, rod bearings, thermostat, and head o-rings. The Hobbs meter in the wreckage read 218.7 hours. Inspection of the engine revealed two different types of spark plugs were utilized, one of each type in the two cylinders. The spark plugs were wired such that one magneto fired one type of spark plug. Rotation of the crank shaft revealed 4 point scuffing on the cylinder and the Power Take-Off (PTO) piston. |
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