- Date
- October 8, 1972
- Place
- Crotn On Hudsn, NY · CROTN ON HUDSN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3378Scorpion 1
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3186 72/10/8 CROTN ON HUDSN,NY SCORPION 1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1101 TIME - 1450 N3378 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CROTON AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CROTN ON HUDSN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HOVER DEMONSTRATION. GUSTING TO 25K. NOT ROTOR CRAFT RATED,NOR DUAL INSTRUCTION IN TYPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3378
- Reported as
- Scorpion 1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Croton Airpark
N3378Registration cancelled Oct 4, 2012 · Gubelin International SCORPIONAirframe modelGubelin International SCORPIONEngine modelEvinrude STARFLITE
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