- Date
- June 18, 1977
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N656FScorpion TOO
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770618017139A
- Case key
- 157266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1331 77/6/18 NR.CORONA,CA SCORPION TOO CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 299 TIME - 1115 N656F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 81 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: FLAREOUT FOR SWATH RUN HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: LOW TENSION WIRING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OPEN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- OUTBOARD ENG. WIRE FRM BATTERY TO PULSE PACK SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N656F
- Reported as
- Scorpion TOO
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Corona Muni
N656FRegistration cancelled Aug 7, 2013 · Parker SCORPION TOOAirframe modelParker SCORPION TOOEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.