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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fairchild SA227-AC · Laredo, TX · January 12, 2023

Date
January 12, 2023 · 05:20 local
Place
Laredo, TX
Airport
Laredo International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
K51A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N649KA
Reported as
Fairchild SA227-AC
Reported engine
Honeywell TPE331-11U
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total

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.

During rollout, aircraft experienced nose wheel steering malfunction with uncontrollable steering. Aircraft went off runway, into grass and struck a runway directional sign with right propeller.

As the FAA filed it

DURING ROLLOUT, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED NOSE WHEEL STEERING MALFUNCTION WITH UNCONTROLLABLE STEERING. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY, INTO GRASS AND STRUCK A RUNWAY DIRECTIONAL SIGN WITH RIGHT PROPELLER.