# Accident 19821207062749A: Swrngn SA227AC, Pueblo, CO, December 7, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1982, 19:07 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PIOA
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30093, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30093-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE33111U
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,534 total, 945 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN83AA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83AA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821207062749A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND AT 200 KNOTS IN LEVEL FLIGHT ON ASR APPROACH.POSSIBLE SICK COPILOT DISTRACTION. FOOD IN LUNGS.

## 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 DEN83AA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83AA032), Dec 8, 1982: Swearingen SA-227AC (N30093), Pueblo, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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