40.4123° N, 86.9369° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 14, 1979 · 19:33 local
Place
West Lafayette, IN
Airport
Purdue University
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AWA
Aircraft
N262S
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,175 total4,888 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 unable to reduce power after takeoff. Shut down engine and landed. Power controll cable PN74060616 broke
As the FAA filed it
PILOT UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND LANDED. POWER CONTROLL CABLE PN74060616 BROKE