# Incident 19780308014269I: Stbros SC73, Jamaica, NY, March 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1978, 05:49 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: Jfk International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SMM
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC73
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780308014269I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FLUCTUATING OIL PRESSURE. THE PRESSURE TRANSDUCER WAS CORRODED.

## Other reports on N50DA (2)

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

- [Incident 19920410014229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920410014229I), Apr 10, 1992: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N50DA), Green Bay, WI. Encountered icing and failure of right engine. Safe emergency landing. Bleed air line had failed.
- [Incident 19780919019779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919019779I), Sep 19, 1978: Stbros SC73 (N50DA), Syracuse, NY. Tire went flat on rollout. Valve stem split.

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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