# NTSB investigations: Swearingen SA226TC, 1987

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 BFO88FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88FA010.md): Swearingen SA-226 · Chantilly, VA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 18, 1987 · N23AZ · Substantial damage
  > The acft had descended through a cloud layer enroute for the scheduled lndg at iad and according to the crew had picked up some trace rime ice on its wing surfaces. Although pitot and sas (stall avoidance system) heat were used the captain elected not to use…
- [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 DEN87LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA067.md): Piper PA-31-350 · Missoula, MT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 19, 1987 · N3529W · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The plt of the Piper navajo was taxiing to the active rwy for an IFR departure, directed his attention to the departure procedure chart in the cockpit, and collided with the tail of a swearingen acft holding short of the rwy awaiting takeoff clearance.
- [NTSB ATL87LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA070.md): Swearingen SA-226TC · Florence, SC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 6, 1987 · N1013G · Substantial damage
  > During the final leg of a domestic scheduled commuter airline flight the aircraft landed with the landing gear in the retracted position. The captain could not recall placing the gear selector handle in the down position and the co-pilot could not remember…

## 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") = 1987
  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=1987

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