# Accident 19800623022949A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, Hastings, MI, June 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1980, 20:10 local time
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6501° N, 85.2884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hastings, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6501&lon=-85.2884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88922, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88922-1982-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcmullin SCORPION TOO (registry code 1301049, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcmullin-scorpion-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 26 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800623022949A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER MAKING STEEP LEFT TURN ON UNAUTHORIZED SOLO, OUT OF GROUND EFFECT.LEFT TURNS NOT ADVISED

## 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 CHI80FEM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM29), Jun 23, 1980: Scorpion II (N88922), Hastings, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal

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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