# Incident 20120114000179I: Schweizer 269C-1, St. Cloud, FL, January 14, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2012, 13:30 local time
- Place: St. Cloud, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: HIAS
- Location: 28.2489° N, 81.2812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2489&lon=-81.2812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1868S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1868S-2020-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schweizer 269C-1 (registry code 8059504, https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHWEIZER 269C-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120114000179I

## Narrative

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

DURING NORMAL CRUISE PILOT NOTED POWERPLANT VIBRATIONS, FOLLOWED BY A LOW RPM WARNING LIGHT AND HORN, PILOT PROCEEDED TO SET UP FOR AUTOROTATION AND AT THAT TIME THE  VIBRATION STOPPED AND ENGINE QUIT. AUTOROTATION ACCOMPLISHED INTO FIELD WITH 10 TO 15 FT TALL SCRUB BUSHES. MINIMAL DAMAGE TO DORSAL FIN AND TAIL ROTOR BLADES FROM BUSHES.

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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