Rotorway SCORPION TOO N9239Z

Summary

On 21 July 1982 at about 14:30 local time, a Rotorway SCORPION TOO registered N9239Z, operated by George L. Bell, was involved in an accident near Niles, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 July 1982 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Niles, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

41.1807, -80.7501

Aircraft

Rotorway SCORPION TOO

Registration

N9239Z

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

George L. Bell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Niles → Niles

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82FA260

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT'S WIFE STATED THAT THE HELICOPTER WAS TAKEN ACROSS THE STREET TO AN OPEN FIELD WHERE THE PLT CONDUCTED HIS FLT IN THE ACFT. SHE HAD NEVER SEEN HIM FLY THIS ACFT OVER ABOUT 3 FT AGL. THE HELICOPTER WAS OBSERVED TO JUMP AS IF LIFTED BY A GUST OF WIND & VEERED OVER THE BUSHES & SMALL TREES. THE ACFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO CLIMB & TURN TO THE LEFT AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 50 FT HIGH THE HELICOPTER THEN CAME STRAIGHT DOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.