- Date
- March 6, 1977
- Place
- Royal Palm Bch, FL · ROYAL PALM BCH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7886Scorpion II
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770306020279A
- Case key
- 157694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2850 77/3/6 ROYAL PALM BCH,FL SCORPION II CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N7886 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 55, 2860 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 90 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD FLYING COW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROYAL PALM BCH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7886
- Reported as
- Scorpion II
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Old Flying Cow
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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