- Date
- September 19, 1982, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sheboygan Falls, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N49JFScorpion Too
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919047399A
- Case key
- 72607
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
Rotor rpm - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot made a turn after takeoff and the aircraft vibrated and crashed. No malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49JF
- Reported as
- Scorpion Too
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 31577
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- Rotorway RW-133, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey Trowbridge
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey Trowbridge
- Departed
- Sheboygan Falls, WI
- Destination
- Sheboygan Falls, WI
N49JFRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 1989 · Trowbridge SCORPION TOO JF44Airframe modelTrowbridge SCORPION TOO JF44
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
- 45
- Certificates
- Student, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 10 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.