# Fatal NTSB investigations: Swearingen SA226TC

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ATL06FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA045.md): Swearingen SA-226-TC · Paris, TN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 2006 · N629EK · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inflight loss of control following a reported fuel asymmetry condition for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB CHI01FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA032.md): Swearingen SA226TC · Fort Wayne, IN · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 9, 2000 · N731AC · Destroyed
  > The indicated failure of the right hand AC bus during takeoff with low ceiling. The factors were the low ceiling, night, and the execssive workload the pilot experienced on takeoff with an electrical failure without a second in command.
- [NTSB NYC93FA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA159.md): Swearingen SA-226-TC · Hartford, CT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 17, 1993 · N220KC · Destroyed
  > Failure of the copilot (second-in-command) to follow the checklist, assure the gear was extended for landing and attain or maintain adequate airspeed (VMC); and failure of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to properly supervise the flight and take sufficient…
- [NTSB ATL87FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA123.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Wilmington, NC · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1987 · N505LB · Destroyed
  > The right engine failed during takeoff immediately after rotation 3000' down the 7,002' rwy 16. The plt continued the flt and the landing gear remained extended. The unauthorized plt rated pax made xmissions to the tower. Witnesses rpted that the acft reached…
- [NTSB DCA84AA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA84AA015.md): Swearingen SA226TC · Terre Haute, IN · Accident · 3 fatal · Final report · Jan 30, 1984 · N63Z · Destroyed
  > After taking off from rwy 23, the acft crashed ssw of the arpt about 6300 ft from the departure end of the rwy & about 1800 ft to the left of the rwy centerline. Impact occurred while the acft was in a steep descent. The wreckage path was scattered along a…
- [NTSB DCA80AA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA80AA019.md): Swearingen 226TC · Valley, NE · Accident · 13 fatal · Closed · Jun 12, 1980 · N650S · Destroyed

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8780404'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=8780404

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