# Accident 20150823019979A: Schweizer 269C, Mesa, AZ, August 23, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2015, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N315TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315TV-2018-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C (registry code 8059502, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-D1A (registry code 41893, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-d1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA249) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150823019979A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT OF ACCIDENT , 8/23/15

"AFTER A GECKO 1 ARRIVAL SOUTHBOUND FOR CSA RAMP, THE TOWER ANNOUNCED THE WINDS WERE AT  280 DIRECTION AT 10 KNOTS. I PROCEEDED OVER THE HANGERS AND DID A WIDE STANDARD TURN TO THE LEFT, MAKING MY APPROACH FROM THE NORTH EAST, LINED UP WITH THE TAXIWAY PERPENDICULAR TO THE TAXIWAY BRAVO.

ONCE OVER BRAVO TAXI, AT 30-40 FEET, THE CYCLIC BEGAN TURNING ERRATICALLY COUNTER CLOCKWISE, A CIRCLE ABOUT THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A BASKETBALL. DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED I WAS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. I FOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN TO THE RAMP ATTEMPTING AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, THE CYCLIC CONTINUED WITH ITS ERRATIC MOVEMENT COUNTERCLOCKWISE.   I ATTEMPTED TO SET THE HELICOPTER DOWN BEFORE IT GOT WORSE. ONCE THE SKIDS BARELY TOUCHED THE GROUND THE HELICOPTER BEGAN TO MOVE VIOLENTLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS. PER THE POH AND AS I HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO,I ATTEMPTED TO LIFT IT BACK OFF IN AN ATTEMPT TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT AND IT GOT WORSE.

I DON'T RECALL THE AIRCRAFT EVER LIFTING OFF AGAIN, AS IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SET THE HELICOPTER DOWN AND TRY MY BEST TO CONTROL THE CYCLIC, AND RIDE THROUGH THE OUTCOME. ERIK ADAMSON"

## 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 WPR15LA249](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA249), Aug 23, 2015: Schweizer 269C - Undesignat (N315TV), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The disbondment of a main rotor damper, which resulted in the degradation of its damping action and led to excessive main rotor vibrations and oscillations that caused substantial damage to the…

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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