# NTSB CEN13WA173: Swearingen SA226, Murcia, Spain, November 13, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 13, 2012, 12:05 local (12:05 UTC)
- Place: Murcia, Spain
- Location: 37.7750° N, 0.8124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at San Javier Airport (LELC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-0.8124&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes E Incident
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86275
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13WA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86275/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13WA173

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On November 13, 2012, at 1205 coordinated universal time, a Swearingen Fairchild SA-226-TC, Spanish registered EC-JYC, operated by Zorex.org, sustained minor damage during the takeoff roll from the Murcia-San Javier Airport (LELC), Murcia, Spain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and two crew members were not injured. The positioning flight was originating at the time of the incident and was en route to Huesca-Pirineos Airport (LEHC), Huesca, Spain. The Spanish investigators received reports that during the takeoff run from runway 05, the airplane encountered a problem steering the main landing gear. The airplane departed the left side of the runway. The incident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Spanish government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Spanish government or the Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviación Civil. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviación Civil C/Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid, Spain

## Factual narrative

On November 13, 2012, at 1205 coordinated universal time, a Swearingen Fairchild SA-226-TC, Spanish registered EC-JYC, operated by Zorex.org, sustained minor damage during the takeoff roll from the Murcia-San Javier Airport (LELC), Murcia, Spain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot and two crew members were not injured. The positioning flight was originating at the time of the incident and was en route to Huesca-Pirineos Airport (LEHC), Huesca, Spain. The Spanish investigators received reports that during the takeoff run from runway 05, the airplane encountered a problem steering the main landing gear. The airplane departed the left side of the runway. The incident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Spanish government. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Spanish government or the Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviación Civil. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from: Comisión De Investigación De Accidentes E Incidentes De Aviación Civil C/Fruela, 6 28011 Madrid, Spain

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-JYC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA226 (TC)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Positioning, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Zorex.org
- Registered owner: Zorex.org
- Airport: LELC, Murcia-San Javier, runway 05

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 6.2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.97 inHg
- Observed at: LEAL

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.

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