- Date
- May 28, 1980
- Place
- Hillsboro, MO · HILLSBORO, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- NONEScorpion 1
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0517 80/5/28 HILLSBORO,MO SCORPION 1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 42, 0 TIME - 1815 NONE PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- SCORPION ENGINE.PILOT DIED THIRTY DAYS AFTER DATE OF ACC
Aircraft
- Registration
- NONE
- Reported as
- Scorpion 1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage