# Incident 20110905020609I: Schweizer 269C, Orlando, FL, September 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2011, 16:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: Y87S
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17YS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17YS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 563 total, 314 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110905020609I

## Narrative

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

N17YS A SCHWEIZER 269S ROTORCRAFT PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD STRUCK THE TAIL ROTOR DURING AUTO-ROTATION, ORLANDO, FL.

## Other reports on N17YS (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150818012719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150818012719A), Aug 18, 2015: Schweizer 269C (N17YS), North Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. On 8/18/2015, flight instructor and his student were practicing an autorotation at 4700 ft. when the engine quit and wouldn't restart. Helicopter continued…
- [Accident 20090422004549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090422004549A), Apr 22, 2009: Hughes 269C (N17YS), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) On 4/22/2009, PIC [privacy data omitted] was demonstrating a pinnacle approach to his student within the foothills adjacent to the northwest practice…

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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