# Incident 19901214061839I: Swrngn SA227AC, San Luis Obispo, CA, December 14, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1990, 11:40 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169SW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,385 total, 5,081 in this make and model, 291 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901214061839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. PILOT STATED HE HAD NOSE STEERING PROBLEMS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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