# Accident 19820721030769A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, Niles, OH, July 21, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1982, 10:30 local time
- Place: Niles, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1807° N, 80.7501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1807&lon=-80.7501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9239Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9239Z-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell SCORPION TOO (registry code 13025A4, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-scorpion-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 11 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA260) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820721030769A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT-BUILDER BECAME UNEXPECTEDLY AIRBORNE. LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER AND DIVED INTO GROUND.

## 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 CHI82FA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA260), Jul 21, 1982: Rotorway Scorpion TOO (N9239Z), Niles, OH, destroyed, 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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