- Date
- September 5, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mondamin, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13420Scorpion 133
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820905043789A
- Case key
- 71746
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After a ground adjustment to the collective pitch on his homebuilt helicopter, the pilot tookoff to practice hovering takeoff and landing. In an attempt to hover close to ground, he raised the collective and the aircraft shot up about 30 feet. It then fell off to the left and impacted the ground a later discussion with factory representative disclosed a difference between verbal adjustment instructions and those on the published plans for building the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13420
- Reported as
- Scorpion 133
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RW2958
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Rotorway RW145, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary Deitering
- Registered owner
- Gary Deitering
- Departed
- Mondamin, IA
- Destination
- Mondamin, IA
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 11 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.