- Date
- December 27, 1980
- Place
- Ulysses, KS · ULYSSES, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4990YScorpion 133
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801227078549A
- Case key
- 127558
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3342 80/12/27 NR.ULYSSES,KS SCORPION 133 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1730 N4990Y PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 30, 674 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 9 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ULYSSES,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4990Y
- Reported as
- Scorpion 133
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Private Heliport
N4990YRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2012 · Messick Richard G SCORPION 133Airframe modelMessick Richard G SCORPION 133
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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.