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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Swearingen SA227-TT · Shreveport, LA · August 20, 2021

Date
August 20, 2021 · 14:52 local
Place
Shreveport, LA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N31JV
Reported as
Swearingen SA227-TT
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331 series
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.

The PIC stated that following an uneventful flight he landed on rwy 14 with normal touchdown and rollout to about 3000 ft down the runway. When nose gear steering switch was engaged to taxi the aircraft made an aggressive left turn from centerline and PIC was unable to steer or stop the aircraft before it departed the left side of the runway. The right engine propeller struck a runway boundary light during the excursion. The propeller was in a feathered position with throttles retarded rendering the damage defined as minor in nature. Initial maintenance troubleshooting revealed that the nose wheel steering actuator assembly (p/n: 27-19087-007) was found to be locked in a left turn configuration irrespective of control inputs.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC STATED THAT FOLLOWING AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT HE LANDED ON RWY 14 WITH NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT TO ABOUT 3000 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY. WHEN NOSE GEAR STEERING SWITCH WAS ENGAGED TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN AGGRESSIVE LEFT TURN FROM CENTERLINE AND PIC WAS UNABLE TO STEER OR STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE IT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY BOUNDARY LIGHT DURING THE EXCURSION. THE PROPELLER WAS IN A FEATHERED POSITION WITH THROTTLES RETARDED RENDERING THE DAMAGE DEFINED AS MINOR IN NATURE. INITIAL MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY (P/N: 27-19087-007) WAS FOUND TO BE LOCKED IN A LEFT TURN CONFIGURATION IRRESPECTIVE OF CONTROL INPUTS.