# Accident 19940602013399A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, Beckwourth, CA, June 2, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1994, 13:00 local time
- Place: Beckwourth, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7903° N, 120.4609° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7903&lon=-120.4609&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N288JS-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sharp Jim SCORPION TOO (registry code 13025FV, https://openairdocs.org/model/sharp-jim-scorpion-too) (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
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY133
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 66 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA236) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940602013399A

## Narrative

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

POPPING SOUND PARTS CAME OFF. HOMEBUILT COPTER STRUCK GROUND. LOST TAIL ROTOR. DRIVE BELT BROKE. NOT RATED IN TYPE.

## 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 LAX94LA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA236), Jun 2, 1994: Sharp Scorpion TOO (N288JS), Beckwourth, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the tail rotor 'V' drive belt for undetermined reasons and the subsequent failure and separation of the tail rotor.

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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