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Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227AC · Lynchburg, VA · April 6, 1987

Date
April 6, 1987 · 07:00 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CHQA
Aircraft
N3115K
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE33111U
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,766 total1,740 in this make and model227 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.

Aborted takeoff when torque gage fluctuated. Same indication on the next run. Found a loose canon plug wire.

As the FAA filed it

ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN TORQUE GAGE FLUCTUATED. SAME INDICATION ON THE NEXT RUN. FOUND A LOOSE CANON PLUG WIRE.