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Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227AT · Minden, NV · June 5, 1988

Date
June 5, 1988 · 20:21 local
Place
Minden, NV
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWIA
Aircraft
N31072
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AT
Reported engine
Garrett TPE33111U
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,200 total1,200 in this make and model200 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.

Lost oil pressure. Oil light on and RPM dropping. Shut down engine. Diverted. Top oil line to prop governor loose.

As the FAA filed it

LOST OIL PRESSURE. OIL LIGHT ON AND RPM DROPPING. SHUT DOWN ENGINE. DIVERTED. TOP OIL LINE TO PROP GOVERNOR LOOSE.