# Incident 20041216032859I: Scwzer 269D, San Antonio, TX, December 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2004, 04:00 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3370° N, 98.4710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STINSON MUNI (SSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3370&lon=-98.4710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N277DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269D (registry code 8059501, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,702 total, 1,520 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041216032859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OFFICER ^PRIVACY^ STATED THAT HE AND HIS PARTNER, OFFICER ^PRIVACY ^ HAD FLOWN SEVERAL MISSIONS DURING THEIR SHIFT. THEY TOOK OFF JUST BEFORE 4:00 A.M. ON A CALL. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THEY SMELLED SMOKE. ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THEY CONTINUED BUT THE SMELL BECAME STRONGER AND OFFICER ^PRIVACY^ CANCELLED THE CALL AND TURNED BACK TO THE BASE AT STINSON AIRPORT. ON SHORT FINAL, SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE HELICOPTER LANDED NORMALLY. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN EXHAUST PANEL WAS MISSING AND SEVERAL WIRE BUNDLES HAD STARTED TO MELT. THERE WAS NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N277DT (1)

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

- [Incident 20090606019639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090606019639I), Jun 6, 2009: Scwzer 269D (N277DT), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Catastropic failure of the oil cooler impeller resulted in loss of oil pressure. Helicopter was landed immediately. Damage to helicopter included cooling…

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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