# Accident 20170221001479A: Schweizer 269C-1, Ormond Beach, FL, February 21, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2017, 12:45 local time
- Place: Ormond Beach, FL
- Airport: Orman Beach Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: T1NS
- Location: 29.3019° N, 81.1139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3019&lon=-81.1139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N614TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N614TA-2018-05-03) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total, 700 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170221001479A

## Narrative

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

ROTORCRAFT DEPARTED ORMOND BEACH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AROUND 12 NOON FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT CROSS COUNTRY TO SANFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN NEAR DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT PILOT DISCOVERED THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE RPM CONTROL HAD BEEN FIXED ON THE HIGHER END. UPON RECOGNITION, PILOT TURNED AROUND TO HOME BASE. UPON RECEIVING CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 8 PILOT EXECUTED A RUNNING LANDING AND PERFORMED A GO AROUND THE FIRST TIME TO REATTEMPT. AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND, THE HELICOPTER SKIDS MADE A HARD CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE STOP ON RUNWAY 8. HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE STRUTS AND SKIDS. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE THROTTLE CABLE DEFECTIVE. POI FEELS THE LANDING TECHNIQUE UTILIZED WAS IMPROPER.

## 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 GAA17CA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA178), Feb 21, 2017: Schweizer 269C (N614TA), Ormond beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the throttle cable’s outer housing from the inner housing at the throttle linkage while at a high-power setting, which prevented the pilot from being able to control the throttle…

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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