# Incident 20130221002039I: Swearingen SA-226AT, New York, NY, February 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2013, 22:20 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MCCA
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120SC-2014-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-226AT (registry code 8780405, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226at) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-6-251M (registry code 01521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-6-251m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-226AT
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-6-251M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,307 total, 326 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130221002039I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2013 AT 2120 EST, A SWEARINGEN, N120SC, REGISTERED TO MCNEELY CHARTER SERVICE, INC., STRUCK FOUR RUNWAY LIGHTS WHILE POSITIONING FOR TAKEOFF AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, WHILE ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT.

VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE ATP RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK, ON FEBRUARY 21, 2013, AT 2120 EST.

## Other reports on N120SC (2)

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

- [Accident 20140602007429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140602007429A), Jun 2, 2014: Swearingen SA-226AT (N120SC), Dayton, TN, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed with landing gear up. Aircraft was lifted and landing gear doors cleaned (mud and grass) and landing gear went down. Outside of gear doors were…
- [Accident 20080205010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080205010279A), Feb 5, 2008: Swrngn SA226AT (N120SC), Ankeny, IA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot back taxied runway 18/36 for departure on 36. After getting his release, he began his takeoff roll. About eighty knots, all instruments were…

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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