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Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227-AC · Missoula, MT · March 1, 1994

Date
March 1, 1994 · 06:00 local
Place
Missoula, MT
Airport
Missoula International Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QXEA
Aircraft
N26959
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
5
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.

Static instruments giving erroneous information on climb. Returned. Found a static ports covered with tape.

As the FAA filed it

STATIC INSTRUMENTS GIVING ERRONEOUS INFORMATION ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND A STATIC PORTS COVERED WITH TAPE.

Other reports on N26959 · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.