- Date
- August 19, 1981
- Place
- Price, UT · PRICE, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2262WRotorway 133
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810819053189A
- Case key
- 123911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2491 81/8/19 NR.PRICE,UT ROTORWAY 133 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 6000 TIME - 0930 N2262W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARBON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRICE,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- HOMEBUILT SCORPION TYPE HELICOPTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2262W
- Reported as
- Rotorway 133
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carbon County
N2262WRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 1982 · Bottino Pete SCORPION 133Airframe modelBottino Pete SCORPION 133
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.