# Incident 20170105000259I: Swearingen SA227-AC, San Angelo, TX, January 5, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2017, 07:25 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: San Angelo Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N443AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N443AF-2020-05-01) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,305 total, 676 in this make and model, 91 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170105000259I

## Narrative

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

COMMENTS BY THE PILOT: ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE FOR TAKEOFF, HOLDING THE BRAKES, SPEED LEVERS WERE ADVANCED TO HIGH WITH NORMAL INDICATIONS.  POWER WAS ADVANCED WHILE HOLDING POWER LEVER NOSE STEERING BUTTON.  THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL INDICATIONS.  20%, BRAKES WERE RELEASED, AIRSPEED ALIVE AND NOSE STEERING BUTTON RELEASED.  AFTER RELEASING NOSE STEERING BUTTON THE AIRPLANE STARTED VEERING SLOWLY TO THE RIGHT, INITIAL CORRECTIONS WERE ATTEMPTED WITH RUDDER USAGE.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND DID NOT RESPOND TO CORRECTIONS, AT WHICH POINT AN ABORTED TAKEOFF WAS COMMENCED.  POWER LEVERS WERE REDUCED TO IDLE, FULL LEFT RUDDER WAS DEFLECTED BY THIS POINT, AND BRAKE WAS USED WITH NO CHANGE IN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  IN  EFFORTS TO STOP THE AIRPLANE, POWER LEVERS WERE BROUGHT CAUTIOUSLY INTO REVERSE TO AVOID AGGRAVATING FURTHER LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  IT WAS ALL INEFFECTIVE AT TRYING TO REDIRECT THE AIRPLANE BACK TOWARDS THE CENTERLINE AND IT CONTINUED TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  EFFORTS AT SLOWING THE AIRPLANE DOWN AND/OR STOPPING BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AS IT WENT OFF INTO THE GRASS.  THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT.  AFTER THE PLANE STOPPED, BOTH ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN AFTER ADVISING THE TOWER.

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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