- Date
- August 17, 1980
- Place
- Oklahoma City, OK · OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5586NScorpion 133
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800817035889A
- Case key
- 202520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3612 80/8/17 OKLAHOMA CITY,OK SCORPION 133 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE UNK/NR, 50 TIME - 1430 N5586N PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK RICHARDS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 102 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 23K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5586N
- Reported as
- Scorpion 133
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jack Richards
N5586NRegistration cancelled Apr 22, 2013 · Ridley Clay K SCORPION TOOAirframe modelRidley Clay K SCORPION TOOEngine modelRotorway RW-133 series
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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.