# Accident 20100717045479A: Schweizer 269C, Minden, NE, July 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2010, 08:50 local time
- Place: Minden, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4982° N, 98.9670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4982&lon=-98.9670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N410JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N410JM-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-D1A (registry code 41893, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-d1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 250 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100717045479A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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