ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198758
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 February 2017 |
| Time: | 12:37 |
| Type: |  Schweizer 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N614TA |
| MSN: | 0080 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5655 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ormond beach, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Ormond beach, FL (OMN) |
| Ormond beach, FL (OMN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor of the helicopter reported that, about halfway through the flight, he “discovered that the throttle control was inoperative” and stuck in the high rpm setting. He turned the helicopter back to the departure airport and briefed his student on the situation. Upon being cleared to land, he executed a “running landing” and performed a go-around on the first try. On the second try, the skids made hard contact with the runway, and the helicopter came to a stop.
A postaccident examination revealed that the helicopter had sustained substantial damage to the fuselage.
The flight instructor reported that the throttle cable outer housing separated from the inner solid housing at the throttle linkage and that the internal wire could flex outside of the housing.
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 and execute a proper landing flare and resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2017 15:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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