# Accident 19950917029729A: Swrngn SA226TC, South Bend, IN, September 17, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1995, 20:10 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GXPA
- Location: 41.7082° N, 86.3173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7082&lon=-86.3173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950917029729A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1995 AT 2010 EST, A SWEARINGEN METROLINER MODEL SA-226-TC STRUCK SOME TREES ON THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 27L AT SOUTH BEND, IN (SBN). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT DESTINED FOR PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA (PFN) TO PICK UP A LOAD OF CARGO THE FOLLOWING DAY. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FLIGHT CREW, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A COMPANY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND CHECK AIRMAN, WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT DURING THIS FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO HAD BEEN JUST UPGRADED TO CAPTAIN APPROXIMATELY 90 DAYS PRIOR, WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED TO THE REPORTING INSPECTOR THAT SINCE THIS LEG WAS AN EMPTY FLIGHT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO DO A LITTLE TRAINING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT THE AIRSPEED WAS STARTING TO DECREASE AND HE BECAME MORE ATTENTIVE WITH AIRSPEED THAN WITH ALTITUDE. THE NEXT THING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECALLED WAS A THUMPING SOUND AGAINST THE AIRPLANE. HE STATED THAT HE ADDED FULL POWER AND WAS ABLE TO CLIMB FOR A CIRCLE TO RUNWAY 27L. A LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A COUNSELING SESSION WAS HELD BETWEEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE POI FOR GRAND AIRE EXPRESS, INC. THE POI INDICATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD ADMITTED HIS ERRORS ON THIS FLIGHT AND APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT FORWARD. THIS SESSION LASTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE COUNSELING SESSION, THE REPORTING INSPECTOR SPOKE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGARDING IMPROVED PROCEDURES TO PREVENT A RE-OCCURRENCE OF THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED HE AND ANOTHER CHECK AIRMAN FOR THE COMPANY, HAD SPENT ADDITIONAL TIME, BOTH GROUND AND FLIGHT CONDUCTING TRAINING ON THIS TOPIC. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMPLETE TRANSITION GROUND AND FLIGHT CHECK AIRMEN TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR COMPANY TRAINING PROGRAM. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT THIS EXTRA TRAINING HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND WOULD BE FORWARDED TO THIS OFFICE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI95LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA341), Sep 17, 1995: Swearingen SA-226TC (N169GA), South Bend, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the Pilot-in-Command's inadequate supervision of the flight and failure to assure that proper airspeed, rate of climb, and clearance from trees were obtained/maintained.

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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