# Incident 20040412008219I: Scwzer 269D, Elmira, NY, April 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2004, 10:05 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1599° N, 76.8917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL (ELM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1599&lon=-76.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 500 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040412008219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 12, 2004, AT 1005 EDT, A SCHWEIZER 269D HELICOPTER, N86G, REGISTERED TO SCHWEIZER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING AFTER AUTOROTATION TRAINING WAS ENTERED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, A COMMERCIALLY RATED TRANSITION PILOT FROM MEXICO AND ANOTHER TRANSITION PILOT OBSERVING, WERE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED APRIL 12, 2004 AT ELMIRA CORNING AIRPORT (ELM) ABOUT 0900 EDT AND WAS PLANNED ON ENDING AT ELMIRA CORNING AIRPORT AFTER A 1.1 HOUR TRAINING FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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