# Incident 19970214004439I: Swrngn SA227AC, Ames, IA, February 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ISPA
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102GS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102GS-2002-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970214004439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM MANHATTAN, KS TO AMES, IA. WHILE LANDING, THE CAPTAIN FAILED TO HAVE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT IMPACTED WITH A SNOW BANK. BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED AND THE CREW AND PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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