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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Swearingen SA227-AC · Destin, FL · April 22, 2011

Date: April 22, 2011 · 09:30 local
Place: Destin, FL
Airport: Destin-Fort Walton Beach
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: KY7A
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N508FA
Reported as: Swearingen SA227-AC
Reported engine: AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,276 total2,911 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N508FARegistered now · Swearingen SA227-ACS/N AC508 · Built 1982 Airframe modelSwearingen SA227-AC Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that he taxied onto runway 14 at dts. He aligned the aircraft with the runway centerline and began his takeoff roll with the nose wheel steering off. The aircraft began an immediate uncommanded turn to the left. Pilot slowed aircraft which came to a stop with the nose wheel and left main gear in the sandy gravel off the edge of the runway. Company mechanic performed a visual inspection of landing gear and components and found no damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 14 AT DTS. HE ALIGNED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL WITH THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING OFF. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE UNCOMMANDED TURN TO THE LEFT. PILOT SLOWED AIRCRAFT WHICH CAME TO A STOP WITH THE NOSE WHEEL AND LEFT MAIN GEAR IN THE SANDY GRAVEL OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. COMPANY MECHANIC PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF LANDING GEAR AND COMPONENTS AND FOUND NO DAMAGE.