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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Schweizer 269C · Minden, NE · July 17, 2010

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Date: July 17, 2010 · 08:50 local
Place: Minden, NE
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N410JM
Reported as: Schweizer 269C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO-360
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 570 total250 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N410JMRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Schweizer 269CS/N S1906 · Built 2007 Airframe modelSchweizer 269C Engine modelLycoming HIO-360-D1AReciprocating

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What happened

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Pilot and one passenger were on a cross-country flight from kearney, Nebraska, to Minden Nebraska, at a cruising altitiude of 400 feet AGL. Cruising speed was 60 to 65 KTS. The pilot felt a vibration and initiated an autorotation to a bean field. The helicopter contacted the ground in a nose up attitude causing the main rotor blades to sever the tail boom. The helicopter rolled over and came to rest on its left side.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, TO MINDEN NEBRASKA, AT A CRUISING ALTITIUDE OF 400 FEET AGL. CRUISING SPEED WAS 60 TO 65 KTS. THE PILOT FELT A VIBRATION AND INITIATED AN AUTOROTATION TO A BEAN FIELD. THE HELICOPTER CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE UP ATTITUDE CAUSING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TO SEVER THE TAIL BOOM. THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE.