# Accident 20200904020609A: Fairchild SA227-AC, San Antonio, TX, September 4, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2020, 20:05 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JIKA
- Location: 29.5379° N, 98.4753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5379&lon=-98.4753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N362AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N362AE-2021-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,760 total, 928 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA440) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200904020609A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2020, 2005 CDT, AIRCRAFT N362AE, A 1987 FAIRCHILD SA227-AC ?METROLINER,? LANDED AT SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SAT) ON RUNWAY13L. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A HARD LANDING AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT IN TURN COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN20LA440](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA440), Sep 5, 2020: Swearingen SA227 (N362AE), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to fly a stabilized approach which resulted in a hard landing and loss of control.

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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