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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227-AC · Detroit, MI · January 15, 1992

Date
January 15, 1992 · 18:25 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N439MA
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,900 total500 in this make and model240 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.

Propellers struck snow drifts on taxi way. Aircraft unable to continue taxiing due to depth of snow.

As the FAA filed it

PROPELLERS STRUCK SNOW DRIFTS ON TAXI WAY. AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO CONTINUE TAXIING DUE TO DEPTH OF SNOW.