# Accident 19820528020039A: Swrngn SA226TC, Palm Springs, CA, May 28, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1982, 20:40 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SUNA
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1009R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1009R-1998-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE331*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,150 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DUG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528020039A

## Narrative

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

LINEMAN WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLER AFTER DISCONNECTING APU.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX82DUG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG12), May 29, 1982: Swearingen SA226-TC (N1009R), Palm Springs, CA, minor damage

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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