- Date
- March 25, 1983, 13:17 local (19:17 UTC)
- Place
- Centerville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N506RKit Built Scorpion 133
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830325009399A
- Case key
- 5900
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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.
Analysis
The rotorcraft crashed in a steeply descending turn shortly after takeoff from about 100 feet AGL. No mechanical malfunction was found during, the on-site wreckage examination which would have resulted in the abrupt steep left bank and ground impact. The pilots experience was limited as he has acquired 26 hours flight time in two and one half years. His last recorded flight was almost 4 months prior to the accident. There is no record of the pilot receiving anydual instruction in hovering out of ground effect. The last dual logbook entry was dated oct. 17, 1981. The procedure performed was 'limited hovering, no wind, in ground effect only'. On the accident flight the pilot was attempting to flyin windy conditions, out of ground effect. Witnesses said the helicopter was running perfectly and produced no unusual noises. Witnesses in the area of the accident site described the weather at the time of the accident as windy and one estimated the wind velocity as between 8 and 10 mph.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N506R
- Reported as
- Kit Built Scorpion 133 (SCORPION 1)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- BJ-413444727
- Airframe hours
- 21
- Engine
- Rotorway RW133, 133 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Jones
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 26, 1982 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- GHM · Centerville, TN
- Airport
- GHM · Centerville Municipal, runway 20, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 42 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.