# Incident 19830316018459I: Swrngn SA227AC, Gillette, WY, March 16, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1983, 20:05 local time
- Place: Gillette, WY
- Airport: Gillette
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PIOA
- Location: 44.2726° N, 105.4989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gillette, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2726&lon=-105.4989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30693, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30693-1995-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830316018459I

## Narrative

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

LEFT PROPELLER BLADE WAS DAMAGED ON LANDING WHEN IT STRUCK A RABBIT THAT RAN ONTO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N30693 (4)

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

- [Incident 19911126057799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911126057799I), Nov 26, 1991: Swrngn SA227AC (N30693), Grand Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. NR1 engine propeller struck a deer on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19880501019579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501019579I), May 1, 1988: Swrngn SA227AC (N30693), St Louis, MO. Left engine fire light on. Engine shutdown and fire bottle used. Returned. Evacuated. Replace fire alert module.
- [Incident 19880124011939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880124011939I), Jan 24, 1988: Swrngn SA227AC (N30693), Springfield, IL. Unable to lower landing gear. Gear manually extended. Found gear out of adjustment.
- [Incident 19851111064709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851111064709I), Nov 11, 1985: Swrngn SA227AC (N30693), Jackson, WY. Landed long and downwind on runway with fair braking action. Ran off side of run way within last 2000 ft of runway.

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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