# Incident 19940131008169I: Swrngn SA227AC, Fort Lewis/Taco, WA, January 31, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1994, 09:44 local time
- Place: Fort Lewis/Taco, WA
- Airport: Gray Aaf
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 47.0792° N, 122.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAY AAF (JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD) (GRF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0792&lon=-122.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26952 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940131008169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 01-31-94, AT APPROXIMATELY 0945 MST, A FAIRCHILD SA-227AC, OPERATED BY HORIZON AIRLINES, WAS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE REQUIRED TORQUE ON #1 AND #2 ENGINES ON TAKEOFF FROM GREAT FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, GREAT FALLS, MT. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE GATE. THE FLIGHT WAS A PASSENGER REVENUE OPERATION AND IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NOR WERE THERE ANY INJURIES TO PASSENGERS AND CREW. HORIZON AIRLINES FLIGHT AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS ELECTED TO ISSUE A FERRY FLIGHT AUTHORIZATION AND THEN WAS FERRIED TO SPOKANE, WASHINGTON FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON PERFORMED GROUND RUNS, ADJUSTED RPM ON #2 ENGINE, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE TORQUE PROBLEM ON #1 ENGINE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INVESTIGATION AND REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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