# Accident 19991011041949A: Swrngn SA227AC, Miami, FL, October 11, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 11, 1999, 20:24 local time - Place: Miami, FL - Airport: Opa Locka Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: MEJA - Location: 25.9098° N, 80.2708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9098&lon=-80.2708&mi=10 - Aircraft: N438MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438MA-2012-10-22) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-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 - Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331* - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,977 total, 1,720 in this make and model, 252 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA004) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991011041949A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR WITH RIGHT MAIN GEAR GRINDING DAMAGE AND PARTIAL SEPARATION OF WHEEL HUB. PROPELLER TIPS ON BOTH PROPS BENT BACK AND DAMAGED. NOSE SECTION OF FUSELAGE DISPLACED AFT. WING BUCKLING NOTED. INSPECTION OF RUNWAY INDICATED INITIAL RUBBER MARKS AT TOUCH DOWN POINT APPROXIMATELY 480 FEET FROM THRESHOLD ON RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY. RUBBER MARKS WERE ACCOMPANIED BY GOUGE MARKS RUNNING ALONG WITH THE RUBBER MARKS. ALSO NUMEROUS INDENTATIONS TO THE RUNWAY WHICH RUN PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY AND WHICH WERE ABOUT 1 INCH WIDE AND 6 TO 8 INCHES IN LENGTH. PILOT STATEMENTS INDICATED HARD LANDING FOLLOWED BY BOUNCE AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTING RUNWAY. CAPTAIN STATED THAT ON APPROACH SHE HEARD BOTH ENGINES GO INTO GROUND IDLE. CAPTAIN STATED SHE CHECKED AND FOUND BOTH ENGINES FORWARD OF THE GROUND IDLE GATE. AN INSPECTION OF THROTTLE RIGGING REVEALED IMPROPER RIGGING ON #2 ENGINE. (.4)IT WAS THE FIRST OFFICER'S LEG AND AFTER BRINGING BOTH POWER LEVERS TO FLIGHT IDLE WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH AT 30-50 FEET, THE CAPTAIN LATER REPORTED HEARING, 'BOTH ENGINES GO INTO A GROUND IDLE.' SHE VERIFIED THAT BOTH POWER LEVERS WERE FORWARD OF THE GATE, THEN NOTED THE SINK RATE INCREASED. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THEN AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE CAPTAIN BROUGHT BOTH POWER LEVERS TO GROUND IDLE; THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY CENTERLINE WITH ASYMMETRIC REVERSE BUT THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 484 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY; DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND GOUGE IN THE RUNWAY FROM THE RIGHT PROPELLER INDICATES THE GROUND SPEED WAS 92 KNOTS. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED COMPRESSION WRINKLES ON THE LOWER WING SKIN AT THE WING SPLICE LOCATION. RIGGING CHECK OF BOTH ENGINE CONTROLS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF IMPROPER RIGGING AT THE FLIGHT IDLE POSITION; IMPROPER RIGGING WAS NOTED AT THE LOW AND HIGH REVERSE POSITIONS FOR THE RIGHT ENGINE. PREVIOUS DISCREPANCIES WERE WRITTEN UP PERTAINING TO ASYMMETRIC REVERSE. NO PREVIOUS REPORTS OF HIGH RATES OF DESCENT WHEN POWER LEVERS BROUGHT TO FLIGHT IDLE POSITION. ## 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 MIA00LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA004), Oct 12, 1999: Fairchild SA227-AC (N438MA), Opa Locka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper flare by the co-pilot, and the failure of the captain to take remedial action by applying power to arrest the observed high rate of descent resulting in a hard landing. A finding in the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.