Swearingen SA-26AT accident near Ardmore, Oklahoma, February 10, 1993
On February 10, 1993 at about 10:45 pm local time, a Swearingen SA-26AT, registered N34UA, was destroyed in an accident near Ardmore, Oklahoma. It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL AND FUEL EXHAUSTION. FACTORS WERE A FUEL LEAK IN THE WING AND UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 10, 1993 · about 10:45 pm local time
- Place
- Ardmore, Oklahoma · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Swearingen SA-26AT · all SA-26ATs on the register
- Registration
- N34UA · registry record · serial T26-145
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING A MISSED APPROACH THE AIRPLANE LOST POWER TO BOTH ENGINES. THE PILOT SELECTED THE ONLY AREA AVAILABLE TO LAND. THE TERRAIN WAS MARKED BY TREES, FENCES, AND RISING TERRAIN. PRIOR TO THE MISSED APPROACH THE AIRPLANE HAD LANDED AT ANOTHER AIRPORT IN THE SAME TOWN. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO FERRY THE AIRPLANE TO A FACILITY TO REPAIR A FUEL LEAK IN THE WING
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 42,000 hours in all; 25 in this make and model; 150 in the last 90 days; 50 in the last 30 days; 42,000 as pilot in command; 4,000 on instruments
- Medical certificate: None (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, January 2, 2000
- Maximum gross weight: 10,062 lb
- Seats: 8
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TPE-331-1 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 090° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 200 ft; not recorded at 200 ft
- Temperature: 63°F (17°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 10:53 pm from ADM, 10 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number FTW93LA083.