# NTSB investigations: Swearingen SA226TC, CA

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 LAX87FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA028.md): Fairchild Swearingen SA-226TC · Santa Barbara, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1986 · N137WW · Substantial damage
  > On a dark night, in cavu weather, the captain directed the first officer (who was flying) to disarm the landing gear warning horn system by pulling its circuit breaker. The f/o complied & did not challenge the captain. On final approach the f/o failed to…
- [NTSB LAX85FA373](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FA373.md): Swearingen SA226TC Metro II · Fresno, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 27, 1985 · N139WW · Substantial damage
  > While in cruise flight at 16,000 feet one of the three propeller blades separated at the shank. The unbalanced condition twisted the eng from its mounts and into the fuselage. The cabin was punctured and rapid decompression followed. The crew was able to…
- [NTSB LAX83FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA002.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Palm Springs, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 16, 1982 · N63SA · Substantial damage
  > While at the gate with the passengers seated & the engines running, the copilot attempted to turn up his panel lights with the rheostat located on the FAR right forward portion of the side electrical panel. At that instant smoke began to erupt at his right…
- [NTSB LAX82DUG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG12.md): Swearingen SA226-TC · Palm Springs, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · May 29, 1982 · N1009R · Minor damage
  > After starting the engines at night, a signal was given to a line service employee to disconnect the APU. While attempting to disconnect the APU, the line service employee moved into the path of the right propeller and was seriously injured.

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CA' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  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?model=8780404&state=CA

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