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Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA226TC · Binghamton, NY · March 9, 1978

Date
March 9, 1978 · 07:50 local
Place
Binghamton, NY
Airport
Brome Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N5355M
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Pilot returned due to oil detected on engine cowl. Oil leak was due to an oil leak in the torque compensator.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RETURNED DUE TO OIL DETECTED ON ENGINE COWL. OIL LEAK WAS DUE TO AN OIL LEAK IN THE TORQUE COMPENSATOR.