# Accident 19870115081952A: Swrngn SA226TC, Salt Lake City, UT, January 15, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1987, 12:16 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 40.6501° N, 112.0096° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6501&lon=-112.0096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N163SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- Pilot flight hours: 3,885 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA87MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870115081952A

## Narrative

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

DURING VECTORS TO SALT LAKE CITY,WAS HIT BY N6485U,A DUAL UNAUTHORIZED FLIGHT IN ASRA.ATC FAILED TO WARN OF TRAFFIC

## Other aircraft in the event

- N6485U, Mooney M20C: [Accident 19870115081951A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870115081951A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA87MA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87MA018), Jan 15, 1987: Swearingen SA-226TC (N163SW), Kearns, UT, destroyed, 10 fatal

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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