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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Rockwell International 690A · Butler, PA · July 27, 2016

Date
July 27, 2016 · 09:40 local
Place
Butler, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N121JW
Reported as
Rockwell International 690A
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
9,500 total

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.

On touchdown or very shortly thereafter, the left main tire failed causing the aircraft to eventually drift off of runway 26. In the process of exiting the runway, the aircraft's left propeller struck a taxiway sign causing damage to the propeller and the left side of the fuselage. The aircraft came to rest in the grass between runway 26 and taxiway a.

As the FAA filed it

ON TOUCHDOWN OR VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE LEFT MAIN TIRE FAILED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO EVENTUALLY DRIFT OFF OF RUNWAY 26. IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY 26 AND TAXIWAY A.