- Date
- February 24, 1973
- Place
- Highland, CA · HIGHLAND, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3095Scorpion UXCR-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730224004399A
- Case key
- 169968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0357 73/2/24 HIGHLAND,CALIF SCORPION UXCR-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1422 TIME - 1015 N3095 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTON AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HIGHLAND,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- DESCENDED OUT OF CTL DURG L TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3095
- Reported as
- Scorpion UXCR-1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norton Afb
N3095Registration cancelled Mar 12, 1973 · Upright SCORPION HXCR-1Airframe modelUpright SCORPION HXCR-1
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.