# NTSB Accident CEN18LA334
> **Schweizer 269C** · 2018-08-16 · Kindred, ND, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN18LA334
- **Event ID:** 20180816X45342
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2018-08-16
- **Location:** Kindred, ND, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.667778, -97.008056
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N3625Z
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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