# Incident 20031211034219I: Scwzer 269D, Houston, TX, December 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2003, 16:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8375F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- Pilot flight hours: 2,099 total, 196 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211034219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT SUFFERED AN "UNUSUAL" IN-FLIGHT VIBRATION AND PERFORMED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DRIVE SYSTEM BY THE PILOT AND HIS OBSERVER REVEALED NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THE PILOT INITIATED AN ENGINE START AND FULL RUN UP WITH NO VIBRATIONS NOTED AND ALL ENGINE GAUGES OPERATING IN THE NORMAL RANGE. THE PILOT BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A HOVER WITH SUBSEQUENT MOTION INTO FORWARD FLIGHT. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOSS IN POWER. AN AUTOROTATION WAS PERFORMED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE OCCURRING TO THE AIRCRAFT. POST EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE ENGINE DRIVESHAFT COUPLING.

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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