# Incident 19900727040489I: Swrngn SA227TT, Binghamton, NY, July 27, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1990, 15:25 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92RC-1991-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-TT (registry code 8780620, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-tt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227TT
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900727040489I

## Narrative

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

LIGHTNING STRIKE EN ROUTE. RETURNED TO DEPARTURE POINT. LEFT PROPELLER REPLACED DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKE DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N92RC (2)

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

- [Incident 19900817055969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900817055969I), Aug 17, 1990: Swrngn SA227TT (N92RC), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. Pilot aborted takeoff due to brake dragging, veered and hit runway light. Suspect parking brake not fully off.
- [Accident 19850830043339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850830043339A), Aug 30, 1985: Swrngn SA227TT (N92RC), Hamilton, NY, Substantial damage. Power lever guard worn. Allowed left lever, hence propeller into beta. Left wing stalled, hit hard on left main.

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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