# Incident 20190414010789I: Cessna TU206F, San Antonio, TX, April 14, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2019, 12:40 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35885, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35885-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190414010789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN ANTONIO, TX (KSAT) EN-ROUTE TO SUGARLAND, TX (KSGR) VIA VFR.  PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KSAT AND LANDED.  NEXT DAY FAA INSPECTOR OBSERVED AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE COWLING OPEN AND DISCOVERED LEFT ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HEAT EXCHANGER DAMAGED AND AFT PIECE OF MANIFOLD LAYING ON LOWER SHROUD.  EVIDENCE OF DIRECT CYLINDER EXHAUST FROM LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE DISCOLORED THE FIREWALL AND MELTED THE SURROUNDING SCAT TUBING AND VARIOUS ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS INSULATION.  THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD SUBJECT TO 50-HOUR RECURRING AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE PREVIOUSLY ACCOMPLISHED 52.4 HOURS AGO.  MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATE AD WAS OVERFLOWN BY 2.4 HOURS. PROVIDED INFORMATION TO NTSB INSPECTOR TODD FOX AND HE STATED THIS IS MINOR DAMAGE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE NTSB NUMBER AND TO CLASSIFY AS INCIDENT.    FIREWALL NDT TESTING CONFIRMED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT BEING SENT TO SALVAGE.

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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