# Incident 19810604043249I: Amtrrw SCORPION1, Clearwater, FL, June 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9794° N, 82.7713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clearwater, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9794&lon=-82.7713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8517M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8517M-1990-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stencel Fred B SCORPION 145 (registry code 13025BK, https://openairdocs.org/model/stencel-fred-b-scorpion-145) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,523 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810604043249I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL LEFT WHILE HOVERING. FULL RIGHT STICK HAD NO EFFECT. HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN, ROLLED OVER.

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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