# Accident 19790611030859A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, West St Paul, MN, June 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: West St Paul, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9024° N, 93.0853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9024&lon=-93.0853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711RJ-1996-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Capawana SCORPION TOO (registry code 1302548, https://openairdocs.org/model/capawana-scorpion-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION2
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY133
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 488 total, 24 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DER49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790611030859A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED. PILOT AUTOROTATED INTO TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MKC79DER49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DER49), Jun 11, 1979: Scorpion II (N711RJ), St.Paul, MN, substantial damage

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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