# Incident 19780930018219I: Amtrrw SCORPION/, Green Valley, AZ, September 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1978, 16:03 local time
- Place: Green Valley, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8408° N, 111.0045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Green Valley, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8408&lon=-111.0045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59380, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59380-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nolen-Dennis SCORPION 133 (registry code 13025P5, https://openairdocs.org/model/nolen-dennis-scorpion-133) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 11 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780930018219I

## Narrative

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

WHILE BLADE TRACKING A DUST DEVIL LIFTED TAIL. CRAFT MOVED FORWARD THEN SETTLED TO GROUND WITH DAMAGE AND INJURY.

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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