- Date
- July 23, 1979
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N36JBScorpion TOO
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790723041009A
- Case key
- 133774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3662 79/7/23 ROCKFORD,IL SCORPION TOO CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 402 TIME - 1759 N36JB PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SELFRIGE PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKFORD,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 3 OF 8 ENG DRIVE BELTS FOUND TWISTED & NOT SEATED IN ENG DRIVE PULLEY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36JB
- Reported as
- Scorpion TOO
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Selfrige Park
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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.