# Incident 19950215011079I: Swrngn SA26AT, Los Angeles, CA, February 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17JJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17JJ-2001-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-26AT (registry code 8780112, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA26AT
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950215011079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 15, 1995, A MERLIN II SA-26, DEPARTED LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA (LGB) ENROUTE TO LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX). SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT LOST TWO WAY RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACON, DUE TO A STUCK MICROPHONE BUTTON. SOCAL-TRACON HAD TO HAVE A UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT ARRIVING LAX CLIMB IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SEPARATION. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO FREE THE STUCK BUTTON ONE TIME AFTER LOSING COMMUNICATIONS, THE NEXT TIME HE TRANSMITTED THE BUTTON STUCK AGAIN AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FREE IT UNTIL AFTER LANDING. PILOTS MIKE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. OPS CHECKED OK PRIOR TO AIRCRAFT LEAVING LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N17JJ (2)

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

- [Incident 19910812040209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910812040209I), Aug 12, 1991: Swrngn SA26AT (N17JJ), South Lake Taho, CA, Minor damage. Pilot approached high and fast. Bounced 3 times damaging right propeller. Made go-around and landed safely.
- [Accident 19840222005089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840222005089A), Feb 22, 1984: Swrngn SA26AT (N17JJ), Ruidoso, NM, Substantial damage. Failed to note gear handle not full down while landing in severe turbulence. Landed gear up.

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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