# NTSB investigations: Swearingen SA226TC, 1982

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 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 MKC82FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA149.md): Swearingen SA226TC · Kansas City, MO · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 20, 1982 · N237AM · Substantial damage
  > During the approach to topeka the crew was unable to extend the left gear. The crew diverted to Kansas City, and after many unsuccessful attempts to lower the left gear elected to land wheels-up. The left main gear was jammed into the geardoors. The aft hinge…
- [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.
- [NTSB CHI82IA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82IA108.md): Swearingen SA226TC · Chicago, IL · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 1982 · N62Z · Minor damage
  > The aircraft veered left at slow speed but the veer was corrected. At 60 KTS the aircraft veered again and was not corrected. Aircraft left runway and damaged props. Service bulletin SA-226 no. 103 dated 01/20/82 states that limits be placed on use of nose…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1982
  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&year=1982

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