37.9577° N, 121.2908° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 27, 1979 · 09:05 local
Place
Stockton, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWTA
Aircraft
N414SA
Reported as
Hwksly DH1142X
People aboard
16
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.
Smoke in cockpit due to voltage regulators, damaged by defective ground power unit.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN COCKPIT DUE TO VOLTAGE REGULATORS, DAMAGED BY DEFECTIVE GROUND POWER UNIT.