# Incident 20111007025359I: Schweizer 269C-1, Allentown, PA, October 7, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2011, 13:18 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: GU7S
- Location: 40.5936° N, 75.4784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allentown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5936&lon=-75.4784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152CC-2017-02-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111007025359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ABE AND WAS CRUISING AT 1000' ON WAY TO XLL WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SPUTTERED AND THE HELICOPTER YAWED TO THE LEFT.  HE IMMEDIATELY CHOSE A FIELD IN WHICH TO LAND AND PERFORMED AN AUTOROTATION.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY BUT ONE OF THE CROSS BEAMS ON THE SKID WAS SLIGHTLY BENT.

## Other reports on N152CC (1)

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

- [Accident 20140617012149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140617012149A), Jun 17, 2014: Schweizer 269C-1 (N152CC), Allentown, PA, Substantial damage. The ATP sel/mel rated pilot is taking rotorcraft flight instruction. The pilot had completed some solo practice, returned to the tower controlled airport and…

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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