- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 13 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N300TLSwearingen SA226
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813043199A
- Case key
- 139473
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4247 78/8/13 AUSTIN,TX SWEARINGEN SA226 CR- 0 1 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1643 N300TL PX- 0 1 15 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 4985 TOTAL HOURS, 815 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBERT MUELLER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TX AUSTIN,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT REFUELED IN R WING W 125GAL BFR 18MIN FLT.CROSSFLOW VALVE FOUND OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300TL
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Robert Mueller
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.