# NTSB investigations: Schweizer 269C-1: Hard landing

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 CHI07CA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA299.md): Schweizer 300 CBI · Minneapolis, MN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 13, 2007 · N269HB · Destroyed
  > The dual student's improper flare during the simulated autorotation, and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action.
- [NTSB MIA06CA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA013.md): Schweizer 269C-1 · Titusville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Oct 29, 2005 · N1567C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot-in-command's improper flare during a practice autorotative landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC04LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA051.md): Schweizer 269C-1 · Byron, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 2003 · N358SS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper use of the collective, and failure to maintain main rotor rpm, which resulted in low main rotor rpm and a hard landing.
- [NTSB LAX03LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA010.md): Schweizer 269C · Hayward, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 18, 2002 · N61416 · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB NYC02FA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA171.md): Schweizer 269C-1 · Andover, NJ · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 2002 · N6147L · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor's delayed remedial action to correct the low rotor condition. A factor was the student pilot's improper use of the collective, which created the low rotor condition.

## 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 c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8059504')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8059504&occurrence=200

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