# NTSB CEN10WA585: Schweizer 269C, Saint Gondon, France, July 25, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 25, 2010, 08:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Saint Gondon, France
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: French BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10WA585
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77843/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77843
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10WA585

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 25, 2010, at 0800 coordinated universal time, a Schweizer 269C, French registered F-GJGQ, was destroyed when it impacted trees in a wooded area under unknown circumstances near Saint-Gondon, France. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated from Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard, France, and were en route Le Breuil, France. The French investigators received reports that the helicopter impacted trees and the ground in a wooded area. The final trajectory of the helicopter was estimated to be vertical. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the French government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the French government or Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses Zone Sud 200 rue de Paris Aêroport du Bourget 93350 Le Bourget Cedex France

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-GJGQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Schweizer 269C
- Serial number: S-1545
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Trans Heli
- Departed: Saint-Aignan-Ja
- Destination: Le Breuil
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 2 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.05 inHg
- Observed at: LFQB

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 2, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77843. 10 KB in all.

- Docket Insert - CEN10WA585 (item 1, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40340153&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert%20-%20CEN10WA585-Master.PDF

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.

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