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Incident

FAA incident report · Socata TBM700 · San Antonio, TX · May 9, 1993

Date
May 9, 1993 · 14:10 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
San Antonio International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N79Z
Reported as
Socata TBM700
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total160 in this make and model40 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.

Loud noise from fuselage. Declared emergency. Landed at San Antonio. Wing to fuselage seal had come loose.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD NOISE FROM FUSELAGE. DECLARED EMERGENCY. LANDED AT SAN ANTONIO. WING TO FUSELAGE SEAL HAD COME LOOSE.