- Date
- March 2, 1986, 07:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGRotorway Scorpion 133
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24946
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Roll over
Planning/decision - poorCause
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
Fire
Analysis
The plt stated he was 'running up the engine' after making some adjustments. The helicopter was tied down when the plt lifted off to a 5 to 6 ft hover. The helicopter tipped to the right, the main rotor blades contacted the terrain and the helicopter rolled over. The plt exited the acft which was subsequently destroyed by a fire originating from the engine compartment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Rotorway Scorpion 133 (SCORPION 1)
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- KIT #1557
- Engine
- Rotorway 133, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Safranek
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- L66 · Corona
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 70 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast