# NTSB investigations: Schweizer 269C, 2005

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI06TA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06TA033.md): Schweizer 269C · Manhattan, KS · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Nov 18, 2005 · N400PD · Substantial damage
  > The binding of the main rotor blade's tachometer cable during cruise flight resulting in an observed split tachometer indication/aural alarm and perceived mechanical emergency and the unsuitable terrain the pilot encountered during the emergency landing. A…
- [NTSB DEN05CA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA079.md): Schweizer 269C · Pueblo, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 19, 2005 · N958CP · Substantial damage
  > the student pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot.
- [NTSB IAD05LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA046.md): Schweizer 269C · Leet, WV · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 2005 · N61193 · Substantial damage
  > A fatigue fracture of the main transmission drive pinion. Also causal was the manufacturer's failure to remove the affected pinions from service during the period that transpired between the initial failures and the accident flight.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 2005
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8059502'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8059502&year=2005

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