# Incident 19790614016139I: Swrngn SA226TC, West Lafayette, IN, June 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1979, 19:33 local time
- 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
- Location: 40.4123° N, 86.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PURDUE UNIVERSITY (LAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4123&lon=-86.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N262S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,175 total, 4,888 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/19790614016139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO REDUCE POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND LANDED. POWER CONTROLL CABLE PN74060616 BROKE

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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