# Incident 19880129071209I: Swrngn SA227AC, South Lake Taho, CA, January 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1988, 12:27 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WWMA
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N368AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,650 total, 1,400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88IA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88IA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880129071209I

## Narrative

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

BOTH ENGINES FLAMED OUT ON TOUCHDOWN. HAD ENTERED ICING CONDITIONS ON APPROACH WITHOUT ENGINE INTAKE HEAT ON.

## 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 LAX88IA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88IA102), Jan 29, 1988: Fairchild SA227AC (N368AE), S. Lake Tahoe, CA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: CAPTAIN'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW FLIGHT MANUAL PROCEDURES IN THE OPERATION OF THE ANTI-ICE/DE-ICE SYSTEMS.

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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