# Incident 19790302010439I: Swrngn SA226T, Saranac Lake, NY, March 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1979, 11:39 local time
- Place: Saranac Lake, NY
- Airport: Adirondack
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3853° N, 74.2062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADIRONDACK RGNL (SLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3853&lon=-74.2062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800TA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226T
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 500 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/19790302010439I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING ON ICY SURFACE,THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS CONTACTING SNOWBANK WITH PROP.

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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