- Date
- March 24, 1974
- Place
- Stormville, NY · STORMVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1580Scorpion 1
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740324006049A
- Case key
- 186578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0515 74/3/24 STORMVILLE,NY SCORPION 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 180 TIME - 1300 N1580 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STORMVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STORMVILLE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: COILS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FAULTY ENG IGNITN COIL. DMGD ROTOR SYSTM, TAIL BOOM AND L LDG SKID.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1580
- Reported as
- Scorpion 1
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stormville
N1580Registration cancelled Apr 11, 2011 · Graff SCORPIONAirframe modelGraff SCORPIONEngine modelEvinrude STARFLITE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1580 · 1
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