- Date
- April 7, 1974
- Place
- Rohnerville, CA · ROHNERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N977Scorpion II
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740407007539A
- Case key
- 186537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0609 74/4/7 NR.ROHNERVILLE,CALIF SCORPION II CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 42 TOTAL TIME - 1300 N977 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROHNERVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROHNERVILLE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKID ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE REMARKS- INADEQUATELY SECURED 47LB BALANCE WT CAME LOOSE FROM R SKID DRG LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N977
- Reported as
- Scorpion II
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rohnerville
N977Registration cancelled Mar 21, 2013 · Rice SCORPION TOOAirframe modelRice SCORPION TOOEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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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.