# Accident 20100526050409A: Schweizer 269C-1, Boxborough, MA, May 26, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2010, 16:45 local time
- Place: Boxborough, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5011° N, 71.5411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5011&lon=-71.5411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73SJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73SJ-2020-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-G1A (registry code 41898, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-g1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360-G1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100526050409A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 26, 2010, AT 1645 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A SCHWEIZER 269C-1, N73SJ, OPERATED BY BLUE HILL HELICOPTERS, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN IMPACT WITH TERRAIN IN BOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS. THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) CHECK PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR THE CHECK PILOT, WHO WAS AN FAA INSPECTOR, TO CONDUCT A PRACTICAL EXAMINATION FOR THE COMMERCIAL PILOT TO OBTAIN HER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ERA10FA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA283), May 26, 2010: Schweizer 269C-1 (N73SJ), Boxborough, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The FAA inspector's rapid reduction of power which resulted in a loss of engine power and his decision to initiate a turn during the autorotation without sufficient altitude to clear obstacles.…

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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