# Accident 20120602008889A: Schweizer 269C, Broomfield, CO, June 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2012, 11:35 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3TYA
- Location: 39.9133° N, 105.1100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9133&lon=-105.1100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2196F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2196F-2016-08-11) (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: 259 total, 211 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA343) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120602008889A

## Narrative

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

ON 6/2/12, AT APROXIMATELY 1135 LOCAL (MDT), A SCHWEIZER 300C, N2196F, REGISTERED TO TOP FLIGHT ROTORS, WAS DESTROYED ON THE RAMP AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A LOCAL FLIGHT PLAN WAS USED. THE PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS CONDUCTING WHAT THEY REFER TO AS AN "DISCOVERY" FLIGHT. THIS IS A FLIGHT IN WHICH THEY TAKE UP A PASSENGER FOR THEIR FIRST FLIGHT IN A HELICOPTER. THERE IS SOME INSTRUCTION. THIS FLIGHT IS DESIGNED FOR A PASSENGER TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO PURSUE FORMAL FLIGHT TRAINING. WHILE LIFTING OFF OF THE PAD, A FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT WAS TAXING DOWN THE RAMP TO ITS PARKING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO LAND BACK TO THE PAD TO REDUCED THE DOWN WASH ON THE TAXING AIRCRAFT. WITHIN SECONDS, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED GROUND RESONANCE. BASED ON LOW ROTOR RPM, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE IMMEDIATELY AND FULLY LOWER THE COLLECTIVE. THIS IS IN LINE WITH CORRECTIVE ACTION PER FAA ROTORCRAFT FLYING HANDBOOK. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURIED.

## 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 CEN12LA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA343), Jun 2, 2012: Schweizer 269C (N2196F), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequately overhauled landing gear dampers that allowed initiation of a ground resonance event from which the pilot was unable to recover. Contributing to the accident was the overhaul…

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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