# N51017: Faber Vincent L SCORPION 133

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Faber Vincent L SCORPION 133](https://openairdocs.org/model/faber-vincent-l-scorpion-133) (registry code 13025GD, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Rotorway RW152](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw152) (registry code 55006)
- Serial number: F883417
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: April 26, 1988
- Certificate issued: February 11, 1988
- Expires: November 30, 2029
- Mode S code: A6640A
- Registered owner: [Faber Vincent L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FABER%20VINCENT%20L)
- Location: [Andale, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Andale)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 37.7570° N, 97.6354° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 67001, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=51017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51017

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Faber Vincent L SCORPION 133)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Rotorway RW152)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN24FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA248), Jul 5, 2024: Rotorway Scorpion 133 (N51017), Andale, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s abrupt control inputs, which resulted in a low-G condition, main rotor mast bumping, and subsequent severing of the tailboom by the main rotor blades.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20240705010539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240705010539A), Jul 5, 2024: Faber Vincent L SCORPION 133 (N51017), Andale, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. At approximately 8:01 am CDT on 7/05/2024, a single engine rotorway scorpion 133 amateur-built helicopter crashed into a small wooded area on the southwest…

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N51017

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N51017 before.

- [Cancelled 1984-08-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51017-1984-08-07): Piper PA-28RT-201, S/N 28R8031110. Exported to Paraguay. Owner: [Caribe Intl Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CARIBE%20INTL%20INC), [Fort Lauderdale, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Fort%20Lauderdale)
- [Cancelled 1981-09-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51017-1981-09-22): Hughes 269C, S/N 711069. Exported to Sweden. Owner: [Hughes Helicopter Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUGHES%20HELICOPTER%20INC), [Culver City, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Culver%20City)
- [Cancelled 1981-02-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51017-1981-02-19): Cessna 172, S/N 17274250. Exported to Chile. Owner: [Galaxy Intl Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GALAXY%20INTL%20INC), [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)

## Related

- Other Faber Vincent L SCORPION 133 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/faber-vincent-l-scorpion-133/aircraft.md
- The Rotorway RW152 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw152.md

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