# Incident 20080118010589I: Swrngn SA227AC, Unalaska, AK, January 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Unalaska, AK
- Airport: Unalaska
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 53.9069° N, 166.5492° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.9069&lon=-166.5492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41NE-2010-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,307 total, 5,002 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08IA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08IA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080118010589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 18, 2008, AN AIRPLANE N41NE, SA-227 DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AS A RESULT OF FLIGHT CONTROL FAILURE. DURING TAXIING IN DUTCH HARBOR WITH 68 KNOTS CROSSWIND, THE CAPTAIN FELT A "FORCE" ON THE RUDDER. PILOT ELECTED TO TAXI BACK. HE VISUALLY INSPECTED THE RUDDER ALIGNMENT AND MANIPULATED THE RUDDER PEDALS AND FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES. HE SAT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR WAITING FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE. WHEN THE WINDS WERE AT 50 KNOTS, HE TAXIED OUT. DURING CLIMB OUT, THE  PILOT NOTICED HE HAD LITTLE OR NO LEFT RUDDER INPUT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN ANCHORAGE, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT UNEVENTFULLY. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE, AT THE MAIN MAINTENANCE BASE IN ANCHORAGE: THE RUDDER CONTROL CABLE/PULLEY (UPPER), AT COCKPIT HAD LOST THE UPPER PIN, PART NUMBER NAS240, WHICH RESULTED WITH THE RUDDER CABLE JUMPING THE PULLEY.

## 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 ANC08IA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08IA033), Jan 18, 2008: Fairchild SA227-AC (N41NE), Dutch Harbor, AK, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The disengagement of the rudder control cable and loose rudder cable retaining pins. A factor contributing to the accident was a wind gust.

## Other reports on N41NE (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20091029050739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091029050739I), Oct 29, 2009: Fairchild SA227-AC (N41NE), Dutch Harbor, AK, No damage. On takeoff enroute from Dutch Harbor (dut), Alaska to cold bay (cdb), Alaska, aircraft (penair flight 2501, SA227, N41NE) center wind screen was impacted by a…
- [Incident 20040303003429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040303003429I), Mar 3, 2004: Swrngn SA227AC (N41NE), St Paul Island, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Penair flight 271, a part 121 domestic flight arrived at st. Paul, AK, after departing dillingham, AK, with ten passengers on board. Upon landing on the…
- [Incident 19960608018199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960608018199I), Jun 8, 1996: Swrngn SA227AC (N41NE), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: runway 6R center line light was out of socket. Left nose landing gear wheel hit light during takeoff. Crew aborted takeoff and returned to gate.…

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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