- Date
- November 14, 1987, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Browns Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19NSStoopin Scorpion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871114064809A
- Case key
- 25763
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the local flight, the acft was observed at 300 ft when a power loss apparently occurred. The aircraft descended steeply into a wooded area. The witness stated that the pilot/manufacturer had performed maintenance on the aircraft,s engine immediately before the flight. The witness reported hearing a loud sound as the engine failed and the aircraft began the descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19NS
- Reported as
- Stoopin Scorpion
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3989
- Airframe hours
- 190
- Engine
- Rotorway RW-133, 133 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nicolai Walter Stoopin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Browns Valley, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 125 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- MVY
FAA reports on this event · 1
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