42.4439° N, 76.5031° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1984 · 13:00 local
Place
Ithaca, NY
Airport
Tompkins County
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EMPA
Aircraft
N102UR
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE3313UW
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total1,200 in this make and model280 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.
Left engine oil pressure started fluctuating on final aproach. Engine shut down. Cause undetermined.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED FLUCTUATING ON FINAL APROACH. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.