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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp SA341G · Orange, TX · August 25, 1981

Date
August 25, 1981 · 09:00 local
Place
Orange, TX
Airport
Orange Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N931DB
Reported as
Aerosp SA341G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,790 total430 in this make and model189 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.

Unable to correct yaw problem. Landed ok. Found incline drive shaft overheated and separated.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CORRECT YAW PROBLEM. LANDED OK. FOUND INCLINE DRIVE SHAFT OVERHEATED AND SEPARATED.