- Date
- November 30, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N263CMSwearingen SA-226T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881130056529I
- Case key
- 11487
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Probable cause
Pilots failure to maintain control of the airplane during a touch and go landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt rprtd he was flying an autopilot coupled ILS apch when the yaw damper & autopilot disengaged. After some difficulty, the plt was able to keep the autopilot engaged. He said he disengaged the autopilot on final apch at an alt of aprx 250' AGL. He lowered full flaps & slowed the acft to 107 KTS. The plt stated that after the acft touched down & traveled aprx 1000', its nose began to rise & oscillate. He aborted the lndg, but he was unable to get an up & locked indication for the nose gear, although it would lock down. After making a fly-by to verify the gear position, he made a 'slow' lndg. The plt rprtd that although a slight oscillation was noted drg the lndg, he forcefully held the nose down as he slowed the acft. Testing & evaluation of the autopilot system failed to disclose any discrepancy which would have resulted in the oscillations.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N263CM
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA-226T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T223
- Airframe hours
- 4,978
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John T. Rocca
- Registered owner
- John T Rocca
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 18, 1988 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- W83 · Ashland, VA
- Destination
- W09 · Leesburg, VA
- Airport
- IAD · Dulles Intl, runway 19L, 11,500 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,100 total · 155 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.