# NTSB ATL05LA075: Swearingen SA-26AT, N50KV, Lawrenceville, GA, April 26, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: April 26, 2005, 18:26 local (22:26 UTC) - Place: Lawrenceville, GA - Coordinates: 33.983055, -83.966392 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9831&lon=-83.9664&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report January 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Atlanta FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 61371 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL05LA075 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61371/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA075 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper landing flare that resulted in a hard landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Main gear collapsed, landing - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload ## Analysis While executing an instrument approach to land on runway 25, the airplane collided with the runway, and collapsed the right main landing gear. The airplane subsequently burst into flames after the pilot and passenger exited the airplane. Post-accident examination of the engines found both the left and right engine fuel controls in a low power setting. Examination of the propeller control found both propellers at 30-degrees. The pilot did not report any flight control or mechanical problems during flight. ## Factual narrative On April 26, 2005, at 1826 eastern daylight time, a Swearingen SA-26AT, N50KV, registered to Southland Leasing Company, and operated by the Airline Transport Pilot, collided with runway 25,and burst into flames during a landing at the Gwinnett County-Briscoe Airport, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. The flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and instrument flight rules. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed. The pilot and passenger received minor injuries and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from Spartanburg, South Carolina, on April 26, 2005, at 1741. According to the pilot, just before touchdown the airplane turned right, and the left wing lifted and the right main gear hit the ground. He said the right main gear collapsed and the airplane bounced back into the air. He further said the airplane hit the ground a second time at a right angle to the runway's center line, and the left main and nose gear broke off and the airplane came to a stop on a taxiway. He stated that he and his passenger egressed the airplane through the emergency exit window on the right side of the airplane and got about 200 to 300 feet away when the airplane caught fire and burned. Airport crash fire rescue arrived shortly and extinguished the fire. Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed that the right main landing gear collapsed on initial contact with the runway, and the left main and nose gear collapsed shortly after the right main and subsequently separated from the airplane. Examination of the engines found both the left and right engine fuel controls in a low power setting. Examination of the propeller control found both propellers at 30-degrees. The pilot did not report a flight control or mechanical problems during flight. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N50KV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50KV-2008-03-26), registration cancelled 2008-03-26, S/N T26-115, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Swearingen SA-26AT - Registry model: [Swearingen SA-26AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-26at) (registry code 8780112) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [AiResearch 331 SER 605HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (registry code 01502, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: T26-115 - Airframe hours: 9415 - Engines: Garrett TPE 331-1-151 840 horsepower turbo prop; Garrett TPE 331-1-151 840 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Fire: On-Ground - Flight: Business, Part 91 - Operator: Henry C Davis II - Registered owner: Southland Leasing Co - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 1, 2004, 94.5 hours before - Departed: SBA, Spartanburg, SC - Destination: LZU, Lawrenceville, GA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: LZU, Gwinnett County - Briscoe Fiel, runway 25, 6,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: minor; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2003; seat: left; flight hours: 14,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 14,000 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night - Wind: calm - Visibility: 3 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken - Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 29.78 inHg - Observed at: LZU ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20050426009049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050426009049A), Apr 26, 2005: Swrngn SA26AT, Lawrenceville, GA, Destroyed. (-23) A swearingen AS-26AT crashed and burned on landing. The pilot stated that just before the airplane touched down it turned right and the left wing lifted… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.