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Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227-AC · Fresno, CA · May 8, 1990

Date
May 8, 1990 · 08:53 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
SWIA
Aircraft
N3117S
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total3,600 in this make and model250 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.

Copilot turned off fuel,shut off valves on taxiway. Fire started on restart. Unable to open locked cabin door.

As the FAA filed it

COPILOT TURNED OFF FUEL,SHUT OFF VALVES ON TAXIWAY. FIRE STARTED ON RESTART. UNABLE TO OPEN LOCKED CABIN DOOR.