- Date
- March 14, 1987, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Soldotna, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N48591Rotorway Scorpion 1670
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870314008809A
- Case key
- 4759
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Rotor rpm - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot stated that he lost directional control of the aircraft while just a few feet above the ground resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48591
- Reported as
- Rotorway Scorpion 1670 (SCORPION 1)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 82G3125A
- Engine
- Rotorway RW152, 152 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- SXQ · AK
- Airport
- SXQ · Soldotna
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,100 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.