# Accident 19941228048329A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, Cornish Flat, NH, December 28, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1994, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cornish Flat, NH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4973° N, 72.2795° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cornish Flat, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4973&lon=-72.2795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65562, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65562-2015-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wyman Curtis M SR SCORPION II (registry code 13025GW, https://openairdocs.org/model/wyman-curtis-m-sr-scorpion-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW152 (registry code 55006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION2
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95DNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95DNC01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941228048329A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTORS FAILED ON LANDING APPROACH. ATTEMPTED AUTOROTATION. ROTATED 180 DEGREES. IMPACTED GROUND BACKWARDS.

## 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 NYC95DNC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95DNC01), Dec 28, 1994: Wyman Scorpion II (N65562), Cornish Flat, NH, destroyed. Probable cause: PARTIAL FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT PARTIAL SEPARATION OF SKIN ON THE UNDERSIDE OF ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE, WHICH RESULTED IN A SEVERE VIBRATION, IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL, AND IMPACT WITH THE…

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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