- Date
- April 20, 1980
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6068NScorpion 133
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800420012719A
- Case key
- 130568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2151 80/4/20 SANTA CRUZ,CA SCORPION 133 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 116 TIME - 1100 N6068N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA CRUZ SKYPRK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA CRUZ,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF REMARKS- PLT RPRTD HEL GOT IN BAD ATTITUDE DRG PRACTICE HOVER,LWRD COLLECTIVE QUICKLY.ROTORWAY 133 ENG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6068N
- Reported as
- Scorpion 133
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Cruz Skyprk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.