# NTSB Accident LAX97LA269
> **MITTEER MINI 500** · 1997-08-01 · AGUA DULCE, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97LA269
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08452
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-08-01
- **Location:** AGUA DULCE, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.430923, -118.509506
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** MITTEER
- **Model:** MINI 500
- **Registration:** N501GM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

failure of the owner/builder to obtain and comply with service literature from the kit manufacturer, which resulted in improper setting of the carburetor fuel mixture and led to loss of engine power. An additional cause was the pilot's failure to successfully autorotate the helicopter to an emergency landing.  The pilot's lack of total experience in the type helicopter and lack of recent experience in performing autorotations were related factors.

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