# NTSB Accident IAD05LA046
> **Schweizer 269C** · 2005-03-19 · Leet, WV, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD05LA046
- **Event ID:** 20050330X00381
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-03-19
- **Location:** Leet, WV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.051944, -81.986946
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N61193
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

A fatigue fracture of the main transmission drive pinion. Also causal was the manufacturer's failure to remove the affected pinions from service during the period that transpired between the initial failures and the accident flight.

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