- Date
- December 4, 1976
- Place
- Corona, CA · CORONA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N21DDScorpion TOO
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761204037939A
- Case key
- 156700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3827 76/12/4 CORONA,CA SCORPION TOO CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 323 TIME - 1215 N21DD PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORONA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- CRASHED SHORTLY AFTR TKOF.NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21DD
- Reported as
- Scorpion TOO
- Category
- Gyroplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Corona
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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.