# Incident 19830616037469I: Swrngn SA226TC, Hot Springs, AR, June 16, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1983, 20:20 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SKIA
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N503SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N503SS-1984-06-21) (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*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,900 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830616037469I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR HYDRAULIC RETURN LINE RUPTURED AFTER TAKEOFF. SPRAYED FLUID INTO COCKPIT. LANDED BY MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION

## Other reports on N503SS (1)

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

- [Accident 19830827075539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827075539A), Aug 27, 1983: Swrngn SA226TC (N503SS), Hot Springs, AR, Destroyed. Fire began behind right side of the instrument panel. Electrical wires shorted and ignited hydraulic and oxygen sys

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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