# Accident 20100519005629A: Swearingen SA-226AT, West Memphis, AR, May 19, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2010, 17:15 local time
- Place: West Memphis, AR
- Airport: West Memphis Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MCCA
- Location: 35.1350° N, 90.2344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1350&lon=-90.2344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N427SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427SP-2010-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-226AT (registry code 8780405, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-226AT
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,472 total, 5,860 in this make and model, 167 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100519005629A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 19, 2010, AT 1715 CDT, AN SA-226, N247SP, LANDED ON RUNWAY 35, AT THE WEST MEMPHIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AWM), WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THE ATP RATED PILOTS BOTH ACKNOWLEDGED THEY FAILED TO CONFIRM THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED PRIOR TO LANDING. NEITHER PILOT WAS INJURED, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY MCNEELY CHARTER SERVICE, INC UNDER 14 CFR PART 135.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO RIVER CITY AVIATION, INC.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN OPA-LOCKA, FL (OPF).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN (CANCELLED PRIOR TO APPROACH) WAS FILED.

## 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 CEN10CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA261), May 19, 2010: Swearingen SA-226AT (N427SP), West Memphis, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of both pilots to ensure that the airplane was properly configured for landing.

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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