# Incident 20030708015359I: Scwzer 269D, West Palm Beach, FL, July 8, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2003, 17:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N357PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269D (registry code 8059501, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250 20&30 series (registry code 54584, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-20-30-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030708015359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON 7/08/03 AT 17:00 HOURS, THE WEST PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A POLICE CALL FROM THE POLICE RAMP. AS THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED NORTHBOUND AND CROSSING OVER THE AIRPORT, THE ALT AIR DOOR WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE GENERATOR CAME OFF THE LINE. AS THE PILOT TURNED AROUND BACK TO THE FIELD ALL WARNING LIGHTS WENT OFF AND THE OIL PRESSURE/TEMP GAUGES ALSO FAILED. THE HELICOPTER STILL HAD POWER AND A SMELL OF BURNING WIRE FROM THE AFT SECTION OF THE ENGINE WAS NOTICED. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SAFE LANDING AND NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND INSPECTED BY THE CREW IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE EXHAUST PORT THAT IS LOCATED AT THE RIGHT REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS MISSING. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED HEAT DAMAGE FROM THE EXHAUST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INSIDE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WIRE HARNESS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO THE HEAT FROM THE ENGINE EXHAUST. IT WAS ALSO NOTICED THAT THE BAND CLAMP THAT SECURED THE EXHAUST EXTENSION WITH THE ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAME LOOSE ALLOWING THE ENGINE EXHAUST EXTENSION TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE BAND CLAMP WAS STILL ON THE AIRCRAFT. A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY THE P.B.P.D. FOR THE EXHAUST AND WERE UNABLE TO FIND IT.

## Other reports on N357PD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050217006669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050217006669I), Feb 17, 2005: Scwzer 269D (N357PD), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 2/17/05 marine helicopter, CH-53E, piloted by [privacy data omitted] was making an approach to land at the West Palm Beach International Airport at…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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