# NTSB LAX82DUG12: Swearingen SA226-TC, N1009R, Palm Springs, CA, May 29, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1982, 20:40 local (May 29, 1982, 03:40 UTC)
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 5 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72143
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DUG12
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72143/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DUG12

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - unsafe/hazardous condition - inattentive, ground personnel (cause)

## Analysis

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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1009R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1009R-1998-11-10), registration cancelled 1998-11-10, S/N TC358 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA226-TC
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA226TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (registry code 8780404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-358
- Airframe hours: 3428
- Engines: TPE331 1000 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Sunaire
- Registered owner: Sunaire
- Departed: PSP, PALM SPRINGS, CA
- Destination: YUMA, AZ
- Airport: PSP, Palm Springs

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,150 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 2,100 as pilot in command, 260 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820528020039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528020039A), May 28, 1982: Swrngn SA226TC, Palm Springs, CA, Minor damage. Lineman walked into idling propeller after disconnecting APU.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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