19831203071479I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA226TC · Reno, NV · December 3, 1983

Date
December 3, 1983 · 08:30 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N166SW
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total3,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircrafts engine injested a mallard duck at 100 ft MSL during a ILS approach. Engine turbine blades damaged.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFTS ENGINE INJESTED A MALLARD DUCK AT 100 FT MSL DURING A ILS APPROACH. ENGINE TURBINE BLADES DAMAGED.