# NTSB CEN14WA292: Schweizer 269C, Cerfontaine, Belgium, Belgium, June 13, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 13, 2014, 15:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Cerfontaine, Belgium, Belgium
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 89447
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14WA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/89447/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89447
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14WA292

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 13, 2014, about 1500 UTC, a Schweizer 269C, OO-JCS (s/n S1749) impacted terrain at the airfield of Cerfontaine, Belgium (EBCF). The helicopter was destroyed. One pilot was fatally injured and one pilot was seriously injured. This investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Belgium. Any further information may be obtained from: Air Accident Investigation Unit Belgium Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport Rue du Progres 56 – 6B08 B-1210 Brussels – Belgium www.mobilit.belgium.be info.AAIU@mobilit.fgov.be Chief Investigator Luc Blendeman Telephone: 02/277.44.33 Mobile: 0476/76.18.65 Facsimile: 02/277.42.60 E-mail: luc.blendeman@mobilit.fgov.be This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from, the Air Accident Investigation Unit of Belgium.

## Aircraft

- Registration: OO-JCS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 26, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=89447. 58 KB in all.

- Memorandum of Investigation (item 1, .PDF, 58 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40413691&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20of%20Investigation-Redacted.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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