# Accident 20140121001089A: Schweizer 269C-1, Titusville, FL, January 21, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2014, 04:56 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Airport: Space Coast Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: HIAS
- Location: 28.5325° N, 80.9017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5325&lon=-80.9017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2110J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2110J-2016-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-G1A (registry code 41898, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-g1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360-G1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,488 total, 920 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140121001089A

## Narrative

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

A SCHWEIZER HELICOPTER ASSIGNED TO BRISTOW ACADEMY WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT PERFORMING BASIC MANEUVER REVIEW AND RUNNING LANDINGS. THE CREW UTILIZING AN ALTERNATE TRAINING AREA DESCRIBED AS ?ALPHA? IN WHICH WAS USED EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEREFORE CONDITIONS WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR PREVIOUSLY DEMONSTRATED THIS MANEUVER LANDING TO THE WEST WITH A POWER SETTING AT 24 AND FOLLOWED UP WITH A SECOND LANDING AT A LOWER POWER SETTING. THE HELICOPTER TOUCHED DOWN WITH A STRAIGHT GROUND TRACK. AFTER GROUND CONTACT THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHIFT FORWARD THE INSTRUCTOR THEN APPLIED COLLECTIVE, FOLLOWED BY BRAKING ACTION. UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD AND SPEED DISSIPATED IT ABRUPTLY PITCHED DOWN CAUSING A FORWARD ROLLING ACTION. AFT CYCLIC WAS NOT APPLIED, INSTEAD INCREASED COLLECTIVE WAS INPUT TO REDUCE FRICTION ON THE SKIDS. IT WAS BELIEVED AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT SKIDS TUBES RELEASED FROM THE GROUND HOWEVER THIS SENSATION WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A DESCENDING RIGHT ROLL AND SUBSEQUENT ROTOR BLADE IMPACT OF THE GROUND. ON ARRIVAL A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, GROUND SCARING WAS OBSERVED AND A COMPLETE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. DAMAGED PARTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: UNDERCARRIAGE, CABIN/WINDOWS, MAIN ROTOR HEAD, BLADES AND TAIL BOOM.  INITIAL INSPECTION ON SCENE DOES NOT INDICATE MECHANICAL FAILURE.

## 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 ERA14LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA101), Jan 21, 2014: Schweizer 269C 1 (N2110J), Titusville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadvertent side-loading of the left skid while demonstrating a running landing, which resulted in a bending overstress fracture of the left skid tube and a subsequent…

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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