Accident: Schweizer 269C
Aug 16, 2018 · Kindred, ND
NTSB numberCEN18LA334Event id20180816X45342
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 1
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to adequately inspect the lower coupling driveshaft during his preflight inspection and his non-compliance with an applicable airworthiness directive, which resulted in the failure of the forward drive splines of the lower coupling driveshaft during cruise flight. Co-causal to the accident was the pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter during the autorotation landing.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Schweizer 269C
- Registration
- N3625Z
- Year built
- 1985
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Hector International Airport (FAR)17 nm (32 km) north-east
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