# Incident 20220316003819I: Swearingen SA-227, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 16, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2022, 13:15 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: XA-AFT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-227
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220316003819I

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING ROLL PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE PROPELLERS. LEFT PROP FAILED TO REVERSE, RESULTING IN UNCOMMANDED SWERVE TO RIGHT. CREW WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP WITH RIGHT MAINMOUNT AND NOSEGEAR OFF THE PAVEMENT IN 8 INCHES OF MUD. RIGHT PROPELLER TIPS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO GROUND STRIKES.

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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