# Accident 19880219048949A: Swrngn SA227AC, Raleigh-Durham, NC, February 19, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1988, 21:25 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FAVA
- Location: 35.8754° N, 78.8051° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8754&lon=-78.8051&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N622AV-1996-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 12
- Pilot flight hours: 3,426 total, 137 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA88MA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880219048949A

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN FAILED TO NOTE F/O MADE STEEP TURN INTO LAKE AND TREES AFTER TAKEOFF. DISTRACTED BY FALSE STALL LIGHT.

## 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 DCA88MA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA88MA032), Feb 20, 1988: Fairchild SA227-AC (N622AV), Cary, NC, destroyed, 12 fatal

## Other reports on N622AV (1)

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

- [Incident 19870531041609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870531041609I), May 31, 1987: Swrngn SA227AC (N622AV), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. The left main gear started to collapse on landing. Pilot executed a go around and landed safely. Cause undetermined

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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