Dallas - Hot Springs - Little Rock

On August 27, 1983 at 08:03 PM, Dallas - Hot Springs - Little Rock experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226 Metro II, operated by Scheduled Skyways, with the event recorded near Hot Springs Arkansas.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was taxiing at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Turning onto the runway the copilot observed a flash behind his instrument panel. He then received an electrical shock to his right arm from the right console. A fire then erupted at the lower right hand corner of his instrument panel. The crew and pax evacuated the aircraft. The interior of the aircraft was consumed by fire as well as most of the upper half of the fuselage. Examination of the right side wire bundle revealed numerous indications of arcing between wires and from wires to ground. One wire was arced at a point in line with a plastic oxygen line. There was also an oily residue inside the wire bundle. A small section of the right brake pressure line exhibited signs of elect arcing. The hydraulic system pressure gage copper line also showed signs of arcing. The plastic oxygen lines from the the cockpit side of the forward pressure bulkhead to the cockpit outlets had been consumed by fire and the oxygen supply was depleated.

Aircraft reference details include registration N503SS, MSN TC-229E, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.5038°, -93.0552°.