# Incident 20020615016629I: Swrngn SA226TC, Ft Lauderdale, FL, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 15:46 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: B5MA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N677SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N677SP-2007-08-25) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615016629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 06-15-2002, THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY DEPARTED FXE AT APPROX. 12:25 PM LOCAL TIME EN ROUTE TO MARSH HARBOR, BAHAMAS. HE STATED THAT THEY RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. CAPTAIN VANZY SAID THAT AFTER DEPARTURE, MIAMI APPROACH CONTROL ADVISED THEM THAT THEIR TRANSPONDER WAS INTERMITTED AND THEY DECIDED TO RETURN BACK TO FXE TO LAND. UPON ENTERING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FINAL APPROACH, THE COPILOT, USING CRM NOTICED TWO GREEN SAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS FOR THE TWO MAIN LANDING GEARS AND A RED UNSAFE NOSE LANDING GEAR INDICATION. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER CONTROLLERS OF THEIR SITUATION AND EXECUTED A NUMBER OF FLY-BYS AND CIRCLING MANEUVERS TO LET THE TOWER CONTROLLERS VIEW THE STILL RETRACTED NOSE GEAR, AND TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL. THE TOWER CONTROLLERS VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RWY 8 WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY EAST OF TAXIWAY NOVEMBER. THERE WAS NO FIRE OR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE SKIN UNDER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND THE TWO PROPELLERS.

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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