# Accident 20220506004249A: Swearingen SA226-T(B), Centennial, CO, May 6, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2022
- Place: Centennial, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: F9AA
- Location: 39.5659° N, 104.8488° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5659&lon=-104.8488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36LC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36LC-2024-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226-T(B) (registry code 8780406, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226-t-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA226-T(B)
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,147 total, 927 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220506004249A

## Narrative

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

?N36LC DEPARTED CENTRAL NEBRASKA REGIONAL AIRPORT (GRI) FOR CENTENNIAL AIRPORT COLORADO (APA) ON THE LAST LEG OF A THREE SEGMENT FLIGHT DAY.  AIRCREW COMPLETED PRE-TAKEOFF CHECKLISTS AND TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY, HOLDING SHORT TO COMPLETE COMMUNICATIONS PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.  PIC TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PROCEEDED ONTO THE RUNWAY FOR DEPARTURE.  DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLE THE SIC READ OFF AIRSPEEDS AND COMMENTED TO THE PIC THAT THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO BE SLOWER TO ACCELERATE THAN NORMAL.  THE PIC RESPONDED BY REACHING DOWN TO ENSURE THAT THE PARKING BRAKE HANDLE WAS ALL OF THE WAY IN AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED AND THE TAKEOFF CONTINUED.  THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED ON TO ITS DESTINATION WITHOUT A FURTHER EVENT.    UPON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION, APPROACH AND LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE MAIN WHEELS MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE.   THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FAILED.  ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO THE MEDIAN.

## 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 CEN22LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA195), May 6, 2022: Swearingen SA226-T(B) (N36LC), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The captain’s failure to ensure that the parking brake was correctly released before takeoff, which resulted in seized brakes during landing and a subsequent loss of directional control and runway…

## Other reports on N36LC (1)

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

- [Incident 20140613009849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140613009849I), Jun 13, 2014: Swearingen SA226-T(B) (N36LC), Midland, TX, Minor damage. On June, 13 2014, at 1636, a Swearingen SA226-T(b), aircraft, bearing registration number N36LC, registered to patron poly LLC, was cleared to land runway 16R…

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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