20100825041349I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Schweizer 269D · San Antonio, TX · August 25, 2010

Date
August 25, 2010 · 10:15 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N255TP
Reported as
Schweizer 269D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While assisting ground troops pilot smelled smoke. Pilot landed on golf course on a precautionary landing and found out that the exhaust tail pipe was missing. Ground crews investigated and found that the clamp that holds the tail pipe was broken.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ASSISTING GROUND TROOPS PILOT SMELLED SMOKE. PILOT LANDED ON GOLF COURSE ON A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AND FOUND OUT THAT THE EXHAUST TAIL PIPE WAS MISSING. GROUND CREWS INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT THE CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE TAIL PIPE WAS BROKEN.