19931025044319I

Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA226* · Buffalo, NY · October 25, 1993

Date
October 25, 1993 · 12:38 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
DEAM
Reported as
Swrngn SA226*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Autopilot malfunction in flight. Diverted to Buffalo. Found a faulty yaw damper computer.

As the FAA filed it

AUTOPILOT MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT. DIVERTED TO BUFFALO. FOUND A FAULTY YAW DAMPER COMPUTER.