# Incident 19810825061269I: Aerosp SA341G, Orange, TX, August 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1981, 09:00 local time
- Place: Orange, TX
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 30.0685° N, 93.8040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (ORG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0685&lon=-93.8040&mi=10
- Aircraft: N931DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N931DB-1984-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale SA341G GAZELLE (registry code 8680610, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-sa341g-gazelle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP SA341G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,790 total, 430 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825061269I

## Narrative

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

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

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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