# Incident 20220414022959I: Fairchild SA227-DC (C26B), Denver, CO, April 14, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2022, 22:12 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N820DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-DC (C26B) (registry code 3377520, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-dc-c26b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-SER series (registry code 33909, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-DC (C26B)
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-SER
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 2,086 total, 880 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220414022959I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/14/2022, 0412Z ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A FAIRCHILD

SWEARINGEN METROLINER (SW4), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FROM DIA (DENVER, CO) TO AIA

(ALLIANCE, NE) EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE BEFORE ROTATION ON TAKEOFF

ROLL, RUNWAY 34L, AT ROTATION SPEED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE

AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP. TWO

CREW MEMBERS AND FIVE PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT

WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES. INITIAL REPORT STATES DAMAGE TO BOTH

PROPELLERS AND NOSE AREA. CARRIER CONTACTED NTSB AND RECEIVED PERMISSION

TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RESPONDED AND

RECOVERED AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY.

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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