# Incident 19861217073259I: Swrngn SA226TC, Kansas City, MO, December 17, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1986, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N253AM-1995-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA226-TC (registry code 3377511, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa226-tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217073259I

## Narrative

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

RETURNED FOR LANDING AFTER LEFT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. FIRE DETECTOR WIRES TIGHTENED.

## Other reports on N253AM (1)

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

- [Incident 19891218064259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891218064259I), Dec 18, 1989: Swrngn SA226TC (N253AM), Wichita, KS. Right engine fire warning on climb. Emergency landing. Sensors riding cowling insulation gave false alarm.

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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