The details on that 'famous' video (rotary-untrained pilot trys to fly a small Hughes heli without the instructor) can be found on the NTSB database
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp
Search for registration N101DN, incident occurred in April of 1987. The 'wannabe' pilot had quite a bit of fixed-wing time, and also multi-engine, I believe.