# Incident 19780613045569I: Swrngn SA226TC, Jamaica, NY, June 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1978, 09:00 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: Jfk International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N22DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22DW-2021-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-226T (registry code 8780122, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 1,600 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/19780613045569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO GET A GEAR SAFE INDICATION EXCEPT AFTER MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. A WIRE TO EXTENSION MOTOR BROKEN.

## Other reports on N22DW (1)

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

- [Accident 20050531018769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050531018769A), May 31, 2005: Swrngn SA226T (N22DW), Teterboro, NJ, Destroyed. (-23) On 05/31/2005 at 11:30E the pilot lost control of the aircraft on short final runway 01 at teb and crashed. The ARFF team responded. Police officer…

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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