- Date
- July 13, 1971
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N28HMRotorways Scorpi
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162469
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2632 71/7/13 SANTA ROSA,CALIF ROTORWAYS SCORPI CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N28HM PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 24, 2131 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA ROSA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- OVRCNTRLD CYCLIC.HNDBK STATES FIRST FEW HRS SHOUD BE PERFORMED WITH HELO IN TETHERED CONFIG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28HM
- Reported as
- Rotorways Scorpi
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Rosa
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