# Accident 19810510024069A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, Grand Prairie, TX, May 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7460° N, 96.9978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Prairie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7460&lon=-96.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199CB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N199CB-2003-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smisek James William ROTORWAY SCORPION II (registry code 13025Z9, https://openairdocs.org/model/smisek-james-william-rotorway-scorpion-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW-133 series (registry code 55000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw-133-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810510024069A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER ON CLIMBOUT. HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER ON GROUND IMPACT. GUSTY SURFACE WIND.

## 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 FTW81FPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FPD22), May 10, 1981: Hubschluber I (N199CB), Grand Prairie, TX, 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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