# Accident 19830827075539A: Swrngn SA226TC, Hot Springs, AR, August 27, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1983, 20:03 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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 TPE3313
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,121 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA83AA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830827075539A

## Narrative

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

FIRE BEGAN BEHIND RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ELECTRICAL WIRES SHORTED AND IGNITED HYDRAULIC AND OXYGEN SYS

## 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 DCA83AA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA037), Aug 28, 1983: Swearingen SA226TC (N503SS), Hot Springs, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N503SS (1)

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

- [Incident 19830616037469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830616037469I), Jun 16, 1983: Swrngn SA226TC (N503SS), Hot Springs, AR. Nose gear hydraulic return line ruptured after takeoff. Sprayed fluid into cockpit. Landed by manual gear extension

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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