# Incident 19960207004079I: Swrngn SA26AT, Mammoth Lakes, CA, February 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mammoth Lakes, CA
- Airport: Mammoth - June Lakes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: TG8A
- Location: 37.6244° N, 118.9884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mammoth Lakes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6244&lon=-118.9884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226HA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N226HA-2003-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-26AT (registry code 8780112, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA26AT
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 80 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960207004079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS NARRATIVE PROVIDED BY TELEPHONE CALL FROM EUGENE REINECKE, PILOT OF N226HA, A SWEARINGEN MERLIN IIB. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOUT INCIDENT AT MAMMOTH LAKES AIRPORT, MAMMOTH LAKES, CA. ON ROLLOUT, MR. REINECKE COMMANDED FULL REVERSE UNTIL REACHING A SPEED OF ABOUT 60 KTS AND THEN APPLIED FULL BRAKING. THE LEFT BRAKE WAS INEFFECTIVE AND THE AIRCRAFT PULLED TO THE RIGHT. REINECKE THEN REAPPLIED FULL REVERSE AND USED TILLER STEERING TO ATTEMPT BRINGING IT BACK TO CENTERLINE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWING, MR. REINECKE SAW THAT HE WAS GOING TO EXIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRIKE THE THRESHOLD LIGHTS. HE THEN WENT TO IDLE SO AS TO MINIMIZE THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPS AND HE ESTIMATES HE STOPPED 15-20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE LIGHTS AT A SPEED OF 5 KTS. IN A CONVERSATION WITH A BILL MANNING, AIRPORT MANAGER, AT MAMMOTH LAKES, THIS PERSPECTIVE COINCIDED WITH THAT OF THE OTHER WITNESSES THIS INCIDENT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED. THIS INCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FORM 8020-17.

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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