- Date
- November 16, 1976
- Place
- Alston, MI · ALSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63301Scorpion 2
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761116036719A
- Case key
- 156416
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3467 76/11/16 ALSTON,MI SCORPION 2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 290 TIME - 1615 N63301 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PELKIE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- T/R SHAFT SHOWED IRREGULAR MARKS AS WOULD BE MADE BY LOOSE BELT. MOST FLIGHT EXPERIENCE HOVERING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63301
- Reported as
- Scorpion 2
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N63301Registration cancelled Jan 25, 1977 · Ledger SCORPION TOO-200Airframe modelLedger SCORPION TOO-200
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.