# NTSB Accident FTW96LA095
> **Schweizer 269C** · 1996-01-12 · SAN YGNACIO, TX, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW96LA095
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05137
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-01-12
- **Location:** SAN YGNACIO, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 27.129295, -99.330513
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N3623T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Failure of the rotor drive system clutch assembly (separation of the swedge ball from the end of the clutch control cable), which resulted in disengagement of the rotor drive system, while the helicopter was in lateral movement at low altitude.

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