- Date
- June 11, 1979
- Place
- St.Paul, MN · ST.PAUL, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N711RJScorpion II
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790611030859A
- Case key
- 135471
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2739 79/6/11 ST.PAUL,MN SCORPION II CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 19, 488 TIME - 1400 N711RJ PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.PAUL,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG-ROTORWAYS,MDL 133,W/O CARB HEAT,CORROSION IN MAG & CYLS,COMPRESSION LEAK.ACFT NOT AIRWORTHY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711RJ
- Reported as
- Scorpion II
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N711RJRegistration cancelled Sep 23, 1996 · Capawana SCORPION TOOAirframe modelCapawana SCORPION TOO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.