# Incident 20021122038539I: Swrngn SA227AC, Ft Lauderdale, FL, November 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2002, 19:04 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: LNXA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227FA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N227FA-2004-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021122038539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 22, 2002 ABOUT 1904 EST, SWEARINGEN SA-227-AC, N227FA, OPERATED BY LYNX AIR INTERNATIONAL, INC., PILOTED BY STONN DESROSIERS (PIC) AND FERNANDO G. RODRIQUEZ (F/O), VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, DURING LANDING ROLL, AND EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AT FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FL. THE SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR 121 WITH A FILED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN. VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE ATP RATED CAPTAIN; THE COMMERCIAL F/O AND 16 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED EARLIER, ON SAME DAY ABOUT 1630 EST, AT CAP HAITIEN, HAITI. THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT AFTER COMPLETING A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AND APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT UNEXPECTEDLY VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RUNWAY AND ALL ATTEMPTS BY HIM TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY CENTERLINE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SANK IN SOFT SOIL AND COLLAPSED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE, LEFT PROPELLER, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT ENGINE NACELLE, AND MINOR LEFT WING SKIN DAMAGE. MAINTENANCE WILL REPAIR AND RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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