# Incident 19970328008239I: Swrngn SA227AT, Chino, CA, March 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1997, 21:00 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Chino Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XNJA
- Location: 33.9748° N, 117.6365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHINO (CNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9748&lon=-117.6365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9UA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AT
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970328008239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 PST, PIC CURTIS GOETSCH AND SIC RICHARD PORTER, WERE FLYING TOUCH AND GOES FOR A PROFICIENCY CHECK RIDE IN FAIRCHILD SA-227-AT, N9UA, WHEN THE TOWER REPORTED AN ENGINE FIRE COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. MR. GOETSCH NOTICED THE FIRE LIGHT ON THE RIGHT HAND ENGINE AND IMMEDIATELY DISCHARGED THE HALON FIRE EXTINGUISHER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE THERMAL SWITCHES HAD COME LOOSE FROM ITS SECURED POINT WAS SHORTED AGAINST A CLAMP. THIS INCIDENT IS NOW 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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