# Incident 19831209071829I: Swrngn SA226TC, Indianapolis, IN, December 9, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1983, 20:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BRTA
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60U-2006-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831209071829I

## Narrative

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

HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE COCKPIT FLOOR ON TAKEOFF. A HIGH PRESSURE HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL.

## Other reports on N60U (4)

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

- [Accident 20031203035541A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031203035541A), Dec 3, 2003: Swrngn SA226TC (N60U), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft N60U was taxiing north on taxiway "m" at Denver, Colorado (den) airport and ran into aircraft N340AE which had stopped on taxiway "m" at "M-10"…
- [Incident 20020313003709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020313003709I), Mar 13, 2002: Swrngn SA226TC (N60U), Rifle, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) During cargo exchange at Rifle co. the crew found an unidentified acid contamination of cargo sacks. Acid had melted a cargo sack to aircraft floor…
- [Incident 19930908037899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930908037899I), Sep 8, 1993: Swrngn SA226TC (N60U), Harlingen, TX. Rudder control lost on rollout. Aircraft veered to right. Departed runway. Nose gear steering defective.
- [Incident 19870925066189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870925066189I), Sep 25, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N60U), Kankakee, IL, Minor damage. The right engine seized in the holding pattern. Aircraft landed safely. Exact cause of failure is undetermined.

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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