# Incident 20040908023619I: Amtr SCORPION2, Tucson, AZ, September 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2004, 09:00 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N214SM-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Morgan Michael A ROTORWY SCORPION TWO (registry code 05615X6, https://openairdocs.org/model/morgan-michael-a-rotorwy-scorpion-two) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RW-145 series (registry code 55005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-rw-145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SCORPION2
- Reported engine: AMTRRW ROTWY152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040908023619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT HAD BEEN IN A HOVER APPROX. 20 MINUTES, TWO(2) FEET OFF THE GROUND, WHEN A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE TRANSMISSION COMPARTMENT BEHIND THEM AND A SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF MAIN ROTOR DRIVE. A ROUTINE "HOVERING AUTOROTATION" WAS PERFORMED BY THE INSTRUCTOR WITH VERY LITTLE CONSEQUENCE. NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND NO POST-EVENT FIRE. THE HELICOPTER'S L/H SKID WAS FOUND TO BE SLIGHTLY BENT (REPAIRABLE) AT THE AFT, LWR ATTACHING STRUT POINT. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE HELICOPTER WAS FOUND. THE POWERPLANT WAS OPERATING NORMALLY.

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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