# Incident 19900508021189I: Swrngn SA227AC, Fresno, CA, May 8, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1990, 08:53 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3117S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3117S-1998-03-02) (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 TPE331*
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900508021189I

## Narrative

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

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

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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