19800420012719A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrrw Scorpion/ · Santa Cruz, CA · April 20, 1980

Date
April 20, 1980 · 11:00 local
Place
Santa Cruz, CA
Airport
Santa Cruz
Phase of flight
Hovering
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6068N
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DVM29
Reported as
Amtrrw Scorpion/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total11 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost lift & rotor RPM during pratice hover. Landed hard. Right gear collapsed. Rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

LOST LIFT & ROTOR RPM DURING PRATICE HOVER. LANDED HARD. RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED. ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.