# Incident 19950216004269I: Swrngn SA227AC, Hot Springs, AR, February 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1995, 14:02 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, AR
- Airport: Memorial Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: EQGA
- Location: 34.4780° N, 93.0962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEML FLD (HOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4780&lon=-93.0962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343AE-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3311U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950216004269I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON FEBRUARY 16, 1995, AT 1402 CST, A FAIRCHILD SA227-AC,N343AE, REGISTERED TO MCC AIRCRAFT LEASING I, INC., OF MCLEAN, VA AND OPERATED BY EXEC EXPRESS II, INC., DBA LONE STAR AIRLINES, RETURNED TO HOT SPRINGS, AR AND LANDED AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE DUE TO DECREASING OIL PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED HOT SPRINGS ON A RE-POSITIONING AND REQUIRED TEST FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE. THE DECREASING OIL PRESSURE WAS FIRST NOTICED ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF. IT WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY FOR THE AIRCRAFT. A MECHANIC/OBSERVER WAS ON BOARD FOR THE TEST FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. TEST AND RESEARCH: INSPECTION REVEALED OIL LEAKING FROM THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LINE, P/N 3102411-1, WHICH RUNS BETWEEN THE PROP PITCH CONTROL AND GOVERNOR. FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE OIL LINE CONICAL SEALS NOT SEATING PROPERLY. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N343AE (2)

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

- [Accident 20020929028309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929028309A), Sep 29, 2002: Swrngn SA227AC (N343AE), Hawthorne, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Investigation of the accident scene and aircraft revealed that the aircraft veered left after nose wheel steering was disengaged. The left engine…
- [Incident 19890622038019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890622038019I), Jun 22, 1989: Swrngn SA227AC (N343AE), Fresno, CA. Aircraft made a hard right turn on rollout. Stopped off runway. Nose wheel steering had malfunctioned.

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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