- Date
- May 17, 1973
- Place
- Grand Island, NE · GRAND ISLAND, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5406Scorpion Single
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730517013089A
- Case key
- 190356
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1390 73/5/17 NR.GRAND ISLAND,NEBR SCORPION SINGLE CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 297 TIME - 1845 N5406 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND ISLAND,NEB LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MOUNT AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UPPER ENG MOUNT WALK BEAM 7100-6 RIPPED AND TORN,BREAKS RUSTY.NO FORMAL COPTER TRAIN,SELF TAUGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5406
- Reported as
- Scorpion Single
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.