# Accident 20050319009599A: Hughes 269C, Leet, WV, March 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2005, 16:36 local time
- Place: Leet, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0519° N, 81.9869° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0519&lon=-81.9869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61193, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61193-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050319009599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) NTSB METALLURGIST REPORTS WHAT APPEARS TO BE PROGRESSIVE CRACKING ON THE AFT END OF THE MAIN ROTOR TRANSMISSION PINION WHICH WAS FOUND FRACTURED POST EMERGENCY LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD05LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA046), Mar 19, 2005: Schweizer 269C (N61193), Leet, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fatigue fracture of the main transmission drive pinion. Also causal was the manufacturer's failure to remove the affected pinions from service during the period that transpired between the initial…

## Other reports on N61193 (1)

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

- [Accident 19980427007849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980427007849A), Apr 27, 1998: Hughes 269C (N61193), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. Cargo strap blew out of baggage container and wrapped around tail rotor. Damage pitch links and gear box. Spun in. (.4)according to the FAA, the pilot had a…

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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