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Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA226TC · Springfield, MO · November 8, 1987

Date
November 8, 1987 · 16:54 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Springfield Regional
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AMWA
Aircraft
N235AM
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0

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 main indicated unsafe for landing. Diverted to a safe landing. Found a broken wire on the inboard down switch.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MAIN INDICATED UNSAFE FOR LANDING. DIVERTED TO A SAFE LANDING. FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON THE INBOARD DOWN SWITCH.