# Incident 19840415020699I: Swrngn SA227AC, Pittsburgh, PA, April 15, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1984, 15:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N605AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N605AS-1992-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE3311U
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840415020699I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED VIBRATION IN COCKPIT AREA. PROPELLER FOUND IN AN UNBALANCED CONDITION CAUSED BY AIR BUBBLES UNDER BOOT.

## Other reports on N605AS (3)

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

- [Incident 19880627056059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880627056059I), Jun 27, 1988: Swrngn SA227AC (N605AS), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Veered off runway. Struck a landing light damaging the propeller.
- [Incident 19860113003059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860113003059I), Jan 13, 1986: Swrngn SA227AC (N605AS), St Louis, MO. Gear would not retract after takeoff. Returned for landing. To be ferried for maintenance, cause not reported.
- [Incident 19850222010699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850222010699I), Feb 22, 1985: Swrngn SA227AC (N605AS), North Canton, OH. While compensating for known windshear pilot landed long and fast. Floated and overran runway approximately 50 feet

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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