# Incident 19931220050629I: Frchld SA227DC, San Antonio, TX, December 20, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1993, 12:45 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400FA-2000-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-DC (registry code 3377521, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD SA227DC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931220050629I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIMENTAL VENTRAL FINS SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND ATTACH FITTINGS HAD FAILED.

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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