# Accident 19800420012719A: Amtrrw SCORPION/, Santa Cruz, CA, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Santa Cruz, CA
- Airport: Santa Cruz
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9744° N, 122.0353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Cruz, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9744&lon=-122.0353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6068N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total, 11 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420012719A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80DVM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVM29), Apr 20, 1980: Scorpion 133 (N6068N), Santa Cruz, CA, 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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