# Incident 20211110019299I: Swearingen SA-226T, Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 10, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2021, 23:45 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N749L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N749L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA-226T (registry code 8780122, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-226T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211110019299I

## Narrative

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

SWEARINGEN SA-226T ?MERLIN? III AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION N749L, SERIAL NUMBER T306 EXITED RUNWAY 9 AT NOVEMBER AT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE). THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HAVING ENGINE ISSUES AND COULD NOT MOVE. N749L WAS CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY BUT RIGHT ON TOP OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE. PILOT REPORTED HAVING POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION WITH AIRCRAFT. N749L HAD TWO SOULS ON BOARD AND 1000 POUNDS OF FUEL REMAINING. NO INJURIES REPORTED. A FEW HOURS LATER, FXE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED ANOTHER RUNWAY INSPECTION AND FOUND A RUNWAY SIGN IN THE GRASS AREA. FXE OPERATIONS STATED N749L STRUCK THE HOLD SIGN FOR RUNWAY 13/31 ON ROLLOUT. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N749L (1)

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

- [Incident 20131210023659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131210023659I), Dec 10, 2013: Swearingen SA-226T (N749L), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. 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…

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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