# Incident 19880605038669I: Swrngn SA227AT, Minden, NV, June 5, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1988, 20:21 local time
- Place: Minden, NV
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31072, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31072-1996-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AT
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880605038669I

## Narrative

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

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

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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