# Incident 20091011025949I: Schweizer 269C-1, Apopka, FL, October 11, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.6806° N, 81.5095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apopka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6806&lon=-81.5095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N814JP-2018-04-18) (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)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,280 total, 800 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091011025949I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND/FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS CONDUCTING HELICOPTER REFRESHER TRAINING FOR THE SECOND PILOT AT ORLANDO/APOPKA AIRPORT.  THE SECOND PILOT WAS THE "PILOT FLYING."  DURING A PRACTICE AUTOROTATION FROM ALTITUDE, THE SECOND PILOT GOT TOO LOW PRIOR TO FLARING.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COULD NOT GET ON THE CONTROLS IN TIME TO PREVENT THE SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR GUARD (STINGER OR TAIL SKID) AND THE TIPS OF THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES.  THE DAMAGES WERE MINOR.

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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