- Date
- June 23, 1980
- Place
- Hastings, MI · HASTINGS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N88922Scorpion II
- Status
- Completed · report August 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800623022949A
- Case key
- 130783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1113 80/6/23 HASTINGS,MI SCORPION II CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 197 TIME - 2010 N88922 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HASTINGS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HASTINGS,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- PLT ENDORSED FOR HOVERING/AIR TAXIING ONLY.ATTENDING SCORPION TRAINING COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88922
- Reported as
- Scorpion II
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hastings Muni
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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.