# Incident 19960127013499I: Swrngn SA227AC, Pendleton, OR, January 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Airport: Pendleton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6756° N, 118.8195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pendleton, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6756&lon=-118.8195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26952 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960127013499I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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