# Incident 19970829030289I: Schweizer 269C-1, Concord, CA, August 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1997, 16:30 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61431, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61431-2007-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 100 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970829030289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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 20060215003679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060215003679A), Feb 15, 2006: Hughes 269C1 (N61431), Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. (-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.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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