20020510014089I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA-26AT · Meridian, MS · May 10, 2002

Date
May 10, 2002 · 09:30 local
Place
Meridian, MS
Airport
Key Field Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N171PC
Reported as
Swrngn SA26AT
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,837 total456 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft lost directional control and departed the runway on landing rollout about 2/3 distance down a 10,000' runway. Pilot stated after aircraft speed bled off to 80 knots both power levers were placed to beta and aircraft slowed to 40 knots and power levers were placed to ground idle. At this time the aircraft made a hard left turn and control was unrecoverable. The aircraft went off the runway while sliding sideways, the nose gear sheared off and the aircraft came to rest approximately 100' off the runway. Both engines, props and gearboxes were damaged along with the sheared off nose gear. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON LANDING ROLLOUT ABOUT 2/3 DISTANCE DOWN A 10,000' RUNWAY. PILOT STATED AFTER AIRCRAFT SPEED BLED OFF TO 80 KNOTS BOTH POWER LEVERS WERE PLACED TO BETA AND AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO 40 KNOTS AND POWER LEVERS WERE PLACED TO GROUND IDLE. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LEFT TURN AND CONTROL WAS UNRECOVERABLE. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WHILE SLIDING SIDEWAYS, THE NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100' OFF THE RUNWAY. BOTH ENGINES, PROPS AND GEARBOXES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE SHEARED OFF NOSE GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^