- Date
- October 26, 1978
- Place
- Tucumcari, NM · TUCUMCARI, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N81950Scorpion 133
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781026035379A
- Case key
- 138471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4006 78/10/26 TUCUMCARI,NM SCORPION 133 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 263 TIME - 1650 N81950 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCUMCARI MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCUMCARI,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: GROUND TAXI TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81950
- Reported as
- Scorpion 133
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tucumcari Muni
N81950Registration cancelled Jan 22, 1996 · Shipley SCORPION RW133Airframe modelShipley SCORPION RW133
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.