# Incident 20110422008629I: Swearingen SA227-AC, Destin, FL, April 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Fort Walton Beach
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 30.4813° N, 86.5158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4813&lon=-86.5158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508FA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N508FA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA227-AC
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,276 total, 2,911 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110422008629I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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