20131210023659I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swearingen SA-226T · Bakersfield, CA · December 10, 2013

Date
December 10, 2013 · 07:28 local
Place
Bakersfield, CA
Airport
Meadows Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N749L
Reported as
Swearingen SA-226T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

During the take-off roll, the pilot encountered an uncommanded deviation of directional control which resulted in the aircraft departing the left side of the runway 30R at bfl. The right propeller was damaged when it struck a runway light.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED AN UNCOMMANDED DEVIATION OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 30R AT BFL. THE RIGHT PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.

Other reports on N749L · 1

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