# Incident 20230221002699I: Swearingen SA227-AC, Kenai, AK, February 21, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2023, 10:00 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TN8A
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N782C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N782C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-AC (registry code 8780603, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA227-AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 35,662 total, 250 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230221002699I

## Narrative

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

ON 21 FEBRUARY, 2023, THE SECOND IN COMMAND (SIC) WAS THE PILOT FLYING WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) MONITORING THE APPROACH AND LANDING. AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS LOCAL TIME ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 2L AT KENAI THE SIC GOT LOWER THAN INTENDED AND LEVELED OFF WITHOUT ADDING POWER. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED BY THE FLIGHT CREW TO BE COMING FROM THE LEFT. AIRSPEED BLED OFF AND DURING THE FLARE TO LANDING THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING REPORTEDLY STALLED AND DIPPED. THE SIC STATED HE BROUGHT THE ENGINES TO IDLE AND THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE BEGAN TO ENTER BETA, OR REVERSE THRUST, MODE. THE SIC INITIATED A GO AROUND BY SELECTING FULL POWER ON BOTH ENGINES BUT THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE ACCELERATED FASTER CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO DIP LOWER AND STRIKE A SNOW BANK OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE CREW PERFORMED THE GO-AROUND MANEUVER TO LEFT TRAFFIC AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT. ONLY DAMAGE FOUND WAS TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP.

## Other reports on N782C (1)

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

- [Incident 19940324008129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940324008129I), Mar 24, 1994: Swrngn SA226AC (N782C), Tyler, TX. Narrative: pilot reported that the flight had been cleared for take-off. Shortly after take-off power had been applied, the aircraft began to veer to the left.…

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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