# Incident 20060316004189I: Stbros SC7SERIES3, Fairbanks, AK, March 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2006, 15:45 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ACSA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC7SERIES3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,700 total, 496 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060316004189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ON 03-16-06, N101WA, A SC7-3 SKYVAN, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^ IMPACTED THE TAIL OF N7721C, A PA-32-300 LANCE. WHILE THE PILOT WAS STARTING HIS TAXI HE NOTICED THERE WAS NO STEERING CAPABILITY I THE TILLER. THE AIRCRAFT MOVED FORWARD A FEW FEET THEN THE PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES MOMENTARILY TO CHECK WHAT WAS WRONG. UPON DISCOVERING THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, THE PILOT PROCEEDED FORWARD. THE AIRCRAFT LUNGED FORWARD AND THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKES. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE TIME TO APPLY REVERSE THRUST. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT A SNOW BERM AS THE RIGHT ENGINE OF THE SKYVAN IMPACTED THE TOP PORTION OF THE RUDDER ON THE LANCE. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER OF THE LANCE AND TO THE PROPELLERS ON THE SKYVAN. THE PILOT FAILED TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM BEFORE CONTINUING THE TAXI.

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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