# Incident 20070930022069I: Scwzer 269D, Houston, TX, September 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2007
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: H9PM
- Location: 29.6453° N, 95.2789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6453&lon=-95.2789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8374F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 30 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07IA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07IA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070930022069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TAXIED AWAY FROM THE P.D. AREA. PRIOR TO TAKE OFF HE WAS TURNING THE HELICOPTER INTO THE WIND AT WHICH TIME HE FELT A "THUMP" AND THE HELICOPTER DROPPED. PILOT CONDUCTED A HOVERING AUTOROTATION UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT APPROX. 20-30 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST WITH THE AIRCRAFT LISTING TO THE RIGHT.

## 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 DFW07IA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07IA212), Sep 30, 2007: Schweizer 269D (N8374F), Houston, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure during hover of the drive adapter between the engine and lower pulley drive shaft.

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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