FAA incident report · Amtrrw SCORPION1 · Clearwater, FL · June 4, 1981
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft started to roll left while hovering. Full right stick had no effect. Helicopter touched down, rolled over.
AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL LEFT WHILE HOVERING. FULL RIGHT STICK HAD NO EFFECT. HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN, ROLLED OVER.