# Accident 20090926049759A: Schweitzer 269C, Quarryville, PA, September 26, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2009, 12:55 local time
- Place: Quarryville, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8575° N, 76.2056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8575&lon=-76.2056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N233JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N233JA-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming VO-435 series (registry code 41525, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-vo-435-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEITZER 269C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING VO-435 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA542](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA542) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090926049759A

## Narrative

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

DURING A HOVERING MANUEVER, AIRCRAFT LANDING SKID  CONTACTED A WOODEN STATUE, LOCATED ADJACENT TO INTENDED LANDING SITE, RESULTING IN DYNAMIC ROLLOVER.

## 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 ERA09CA542](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA542), Sep 26, 2009: Schweizer 269C (N233JA), Quarryville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An untrained bystander's attempt to marshal the helicopter, which resulted in the helicopter's inadvertent encounter with an object.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.