# Accident 20050118001339A: Scwzer 269D, San Antonio, TX, January 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3369° N, 98.4711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3369&lon=-98.4711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N296RL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296RL-2005-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269D (registry code 8059501, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCWZER 269D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,206 total, 2,434 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05TA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05TA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050118001339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A SCHWEIZER 269D HELICOPTER, N296RL, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWING DYNAMIC ROLLOVER WHILE HOVERING AT STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SSF), SAN ANTONIO, TX. THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WAS NOT INJURED. THE HELICOPTER WAS REGISTERED TO THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, SAN ANTONIO, TX. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PUBLIC USE TRAINING FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SSF AT APPROXIMATELY 1600.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DFW05TA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05TA056), Jan 18, 2005: Schweizer 269D (N296RL), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action by the flight instructor, which resulted in an inadvertent dynamic rollover.

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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