# Accident 20150818012719A: Schweizer 269C, North Las Vegas, NV, August 18, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2015, 09:30 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2858° N, 115.3383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2858&lon=-115.3383&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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 60 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150818012719A

## Narrative

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

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 AUTOROTAING WITH NO ENGINE POWER AND MADE A HARD LANDING. HELICOPTER HAD SUBSTANTUAL DAMAGE AND STUDENT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 WPR15LA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA245), Aug 18, 2015: Schweizer 269C (N17YS), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during a practice autorotation for reasons that could not be determined.

## Other reports on N17YS (2)

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

- [Incident 20110905020609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110905020609I), Sep 5, 2011: Schweizer 269C (N17YS), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. N17YS a Schweizer 269S rotorcraft piloted by a student pilot with a flight instructor onboard struck the tail rotor during auto-rotation, Orlando, FL.
- [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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