19960127013499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227AC · Pendleton, OR · January 27, 1996

Date: January 27, 1996 · 16:00 local
Place: Pendleton, OR
Airport: Pendleton Municipal
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N26952
Reported as: Swrngn SA227AC
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total7,000 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on January 27, 1996, horizon air was attempting to reposition N26952, an SA-227 as flight 3059, back to portland, Oregon. As the aircraft started its takeoff roll it began to veer to the left side of the runway. The crew aborted the takeoff, but was unable to keep aircraft from going off the left side of the runway. There was damage to the right, #2, propeller as a result of this runway excursion. The crew stated that the nose wheel steering system had been deferred per MEL and that it seemed more difficult to taxi than other aircraft they had taxied without the use of nose wheel steering. The crew also stated that the brakes were not effective in keeping the aircraft on the runway. After this incident the crew reported the braking action as poor. Case closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 27, 1996, HORIZON AIR WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION N26952, AN SA-227 AS FLIGHT 3059, BACK TO PORTLAND, OREGON. AS THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ITS TAKEOFF ROLL IT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE CREW ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP AIRCRAFT FROM GOING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT, #2, PROPELLER AS A RESULT OF THIS RUNWAY EXCURSION. THE CREW STATED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM HAD BEEN DEFERRED PER MEL AND THAT IT SEEMED MORE DIFFICULT TO TAXI THAN OTHER AIRCRAFT THEY HAD TAXIED WITHOUT THE USE OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THE CREW ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT EFFECTIVE IN KEEPING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER THIS INCIDENT THE CREW REPORTED THE BRAKING ACTION AS POOR. CASE CLOSED.