# Incident 19940324008129I: Swrngn SA226AC, Tyler, TX, March 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1994, 07:35 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Tyler Pounds Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWHA
- Location: 32.3535° N, 95.4030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYLER POUNDS RGNL (TYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3535&lon=-95.4030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N782C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N782C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226AC
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 1,173 in this make and model, 158 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940324008129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF POWER HAD BEEN APPLIED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE REDUCED POWER, BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND RE-APPLIED TAKE-OFF POWER. SHORTLY AFTER POWER WAS SET, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AGAIN SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. DESPITE THE APPLICATION OF MAXIMUM BRAKING AND REVERSE THRUST ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR CREW, NOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT OUTBOARD BRAKE HAD SEIZED. THIS WAS EVIDENCED BY LONG SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY, AND BY THE FACT THAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAD TO BE CALLED TO RELEASE THAT BRAKE PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING TOWED BACK TO THE RAMP. THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N782C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230221002699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230221002699I), Feb 21, 2023: Swearingen SA227-AC (N782C), Kenai, AK, Minor damage. On 21 February, 2023, the second in command (SIC) was the pilot flying with the pilot in command (PIC) monitoring the approach and landing. At approximately…

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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