# Accident 20100106048059A: Schweizer 269C-1, Grantsville, MD, January 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2010, 20:14 local time
- Place: Grantsville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6850° N, 79.1861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6850&lon=-79.1861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3275M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3275M-2012-05-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total, 614 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100106048059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TRANSPORTING HELICOPTER TO PA. DURING SNOW CONDITIONS.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE EMERGENCY LANDING AND CRASHED IN OPEN FIELD IN GARRETT COUNTY, MARYLAND. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 ERA10CA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA109), Jan 6, 2010: Schweizer 269C-1 (N3275M), Grantsville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control after encountering turbulence over a mountain range. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to obtain an Airmet for turbulence along the route of…

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.