# Incident 19811222085709I: Swrngn SA226TC, Roanoke, VA, December 22, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1981, 07:55 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FAVA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125AV-2002-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19811222085709I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF WITH 1 INCH WET SNOW, RIGHT ENGINE INGESTED SNOW, PROPELLER AUTO FEATHERED, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N125AV (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19881015060879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881015060879I), Oct 15, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N125AV), Billings, MT. Unsafe gear indication. Flyby showed gear down. Landed safely. Bulb burned out in nose gear indicating system.
- [Incident 19880704054909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880704054909I), Jul 4, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N125AV), White Hall, MT, Minor damage. Skin damage to leading edge of wing surfaces spinners and radome when encountered heavy hail. Storm unseen on radar

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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