# Incident 19790215007199I: Swrngn SA226AT, Ft Lauderdale, FL, February 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1979, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26JB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26JB-1994-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-26AT (registry code 8780112, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226AT
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE3313U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790215007199I

## Narrative

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

ON STARTING ENGINE, TURBINE CAME APART. COMPONENT PARTS PUNCTURED HOLES IN FUSELAGE.

## Other reports on N26JB (1)

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

- [Accident 19920213005749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920213005749A), Feb 13, 1992: Swrngn SA26AT (N26JB), Glenwood Spring, CO, Destroyed. Secured right engine due surging. Problem left engine. Pilot disoriented. Hit mountain. Fuel control. Shroud defect.

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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