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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227AC · Grand Canyon, AZ · December 23, 1990

Date
December 23, 1990 · 15:35 local
Place
Grand Canyon, AZ
Airport
Grand Canyon National Park
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AENA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3109B
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,800 total850 in this make and model95 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.

Torque decreased to zero on right engine,aborted takeoff. Veered into snowbank on side of runway.

As the FAA filed it

TORQUE DECREASED TO ZERO ON RIGHT ENGINE,ABORTED TAKEOFF. VEERED INTO SNOWBANK ON SIDE OF RUNWAY.