# Accident 20030216003779A: Swrngn SA26AT, Cahokia, IL, February 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2003, 17:20 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5706° N, 90.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5706&lon=-90.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30TF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30TF-2004-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-26AT (registry code 8780112, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA26AT
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030216003779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/16/03 SWEARINGEN MODEL SA-26AT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N30TF, LANDED ON RUNWAY 30L AT ST. LOUIS DOWNTOWN PARKS AIRPORT (CPS) AT 1720 LOCAL TIME. DURING ROLL-OUT THE AIRPLANE SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND PROPELLERS. THE PILOT, WILLIAM CARMAN PATRICK JR. WAS ADVISED BY THE CONTROL TOWER THAT THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND THAT BREAKING ACTION WAS POOR. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND OF 14 KTS GUSTING TO 21 KTS FROM HEADING 010 DEGREES WITH FOG AND BLOWING SNOW. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## 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 CHI03LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA077), Feb 16, 2003: Swearingen SA-26AT (N30TF), Cahokia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing. Factors associated with the accident were the snow covered runway, the crosswind, and the overload failure of the nose…

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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