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Tue, Jun 17, 2003

Mini-500 Comes to Grief in Hover Accident

Pilot OK

The Mini-500 heli, built and owned by Walter Kotwun of Phoenix (AZ) was destroyed in a hover accident. The report notes, fortunately, that the pilot escaped injury. We've lost count of how many of these things have come to grief...

(We do not know if Kotwun was aboard.)

**   Report created 6/16/2003   Record 6  **
IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 919WK        Make/Model: EXP      Description: MINI 500 ROTORCRAFT EXP
  Date: 06/13/2003     Time: 0320
  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: None     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Destroyed
LOCATION
  City: PHOENIX   State: AZ   Country: US
DESCRIPTION
  MINI 500 ROTORCRAFT DURING HOVER, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN, PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT, AZ
INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:  1     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
  Activity: Pleasure      Phase: Hover      Operation: General Aviation
  Departed: UNK                         Dep Date:    Dep. Time:
  Destination: UNK                      Flt Plan: NONE         Wx Briefing: N
  Last Radio Cont: UNK
  Last Clearance: UNK
  FAA FSDO: SCOTTSDALE, AZ  (WP07)                Entry date: 06/16/2003


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