# NTSB Accident LAX00LA276
> **Schweizer 269C** · 2000-07-19 · CAVE CREEK, AZ, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00LA276
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21516
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-07-19
- **Location:** CAVE CREEK, AZ, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.880023, -111.909294
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N577TA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision to attempt a hover in atmospheric conditions and over terrain that would require maximum helicopter performance, and which would leave no viable alternate actions in the event of difficulties.

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