OpenAirDocs.org

19970829030289I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Schweizer 269C-1 · Concord, CA · August 29, 1997

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
August 29, 1997 · 16:30 local
Place
Concord, CA
Airport
Buchanan Field
Phase of flight
Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N61431
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
370 total100 in this make and model175 in the last 90 days
N61431Registration cancelled Apr 4, 2007 · Schweizer 269C-1S/N 0064 · Built 1997Airframe modelSchweizer 269C-1Engine modelLycoming HO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: while practicing emergency procedures, (simulated auto-rotation) student made improper control inputs that flight instructor could not recover from. This resulted in the tail rotor contacting the ground causing damage to the tail rotor and landing gear. Mr. Mikel was counseled and his procedures observed. No further action is required at this time. Passenger/student: arild ystanes.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE PRACTICING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, (SIMULATED AUTO-ROTATION) STUDENT MADE IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS THAT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT RECOVER FROM. THIS RESULTED IN THE TAIL ROTOR CONTACTING THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR AND LANDING GEAR. MR. MIKEL WAS COUNSELED AND HIS PROCEDURES OBSERVED. NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. PASSENGER/STUDENT: ARILD YSTANES.

Other reports on N61431 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20060215003679ALevel Off Touchdown · Titusville, FL(-23) During an instructional flight student pilot allowed the aircraft to develop a high sink rate and over controlled when leveling the skids for touchdown. The instructor was late with corrective action. Aircraft landed hard.Feb 15, 2006 · Substantial damage