# Accident 20001109043119A: Swrngn SA226TC, Fort Wayne, IN, November 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2000, 01:23 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EATA
- Location: 41.0007° N, 85.2091° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0007&lon=-85.2091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731AC-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110UA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,870 total, 75 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001109043119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N731AC, AN SA-226 OPERATED BY SUPERIOR AVIATION INC., HAULING CANCELLED CHECKS OUT OF FWA AIRPORT, CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF ON 11/09/00. THE PILOT, THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT, WAS KILLED. FAA INVESTIGATOERS, D. KEPPLE, R. HELBING AND R. KONEFUL ASSISTED NTSB SAFETY INVESTIGATOR E. MALINOWSKI AT THE CRASH SCENE, ALSO PRESENT WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM GARRETT ENGINE AND SWEARINGEN AIRCRAFT. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT HAS NOT REVEALED THE CAUSE AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## 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 CHI01FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA032), Nov 9, 2000: Swearingen SA226TC (N731AC), Fort Wayne, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The indicated failure of the right hand AC bus during takeoff with low ceiling. The factors were the low ceiling, night, and the execssive workload the pilot experienced on takeoff with an electrical…

## Other reports on N731AC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970102002789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970102002789I), Jan 2, 1997: Swrngn SA226TC (N731AC), Pellston, MI, Minor damage. During taxi struck snowbank. Reported nose wheel steering malfunction.

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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