# Incident 20030502008349I: Amtr SCORPION133, Lexington, NE, May 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2003, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lexington, NE
- Airport: Jim Kelly Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7904° N, 99.7759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JIM KELLY FLD (LXN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7904&lon=-99.7759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16GW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16GW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Webb Gene SCORPION 133 (registry code 13025FS, https://openairdocs.org/model/webb-gene-scorpion-133) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SCORPION133
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,680 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030502008349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 2, 2003, AT 1730 CST ON INITIAL GROUND RUNS, THE OPERATOR, JERRY L. MAY WAS DOING BLADE TRACKS ON A SCORPION 133 EXPERIMENTAL HELICOPTER. MR. MAY STATED HE HAD NO INTENT TO FLY ON THIS GROUND RUN. BUT AFTER MR. MAY BROUGHT THE ROTOR RPM UP TO 100%, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AND HE FOUND HIMSELF HOVERING. HE THEN BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH LATERAL CONTROL. MR. MAY STATED HE WAS GOING LEFT TO RIGHT WITH PILOT INDUCED OSCILLATIONS. MR. MAY SAID THE SHIP WAS APPROXIMATE 1 FOOT OFF THE GROUND WITH THE OSCILLATIONS BECOMING GREATER WITH EACH INPUT OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WHEN THE LEFT SKID HIT THE GROUND AND FOLDED UNDER THE BELLY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL ON ITS L/H SIDE.

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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