# NTSB CHI82IA082: Swearingen SA-266TC, N323BA, South Bend, IN, March 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1982, 22:00 local (Mar 10, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Coordinates: 41.719417, -86.33094 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7194&lon=-86.3309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82IA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72649/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82IA082

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, maneuvering
  - turbine assembly,turbine wheel - failure,total (cause)
  - propeller feathering - performed, pilot in command
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command

## Analysis

THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT AT LIFT-OFF ABOVE VI SPEED, HE HEARD A LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A TIRE HAD FAILED. A "BRIGHT YELLOWISH" ILLUMINATION WAS THEN SEEN IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY TO ABORT, SO THE TAKEOFF WAS CONTINUED. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SECURED (PROP FEATHERED), THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER THERE TURBINE WHEEL HAD FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N323BA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-266TC
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-280
- Airframe hours: 7119
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE3313U3G 900 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Britt Airways, Inc
- Registered owner: Britt Airways, Inc
- Departed: SBN, SOUTH BEND, IN
- Destination: MUNCIE, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SBN, Michiana Regional, runway 27, 7,100 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 10,008 total, 338 in this make and model, 9,170 as pilot in command, 305 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Night/bright
- Wind: 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F
- Observed at: SBN

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19820309017719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820309017719I), Mar 9, 1982: Swrngn SA226TC, South Bend, IN, Minor damage. Turbine failure of right engine on liftoff. Made circuit and normal single engine landing.

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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