- Date
- March 30, 1982, 21:05 local (Mar 31, 1982, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 18 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62ZSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820330009559I
- Case key
- 70225
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft veered left at slow speed but the veer was corrected. At 60 KTS the aircraft veered again and was not corrected. Aircraft left runway and damaged props. Service bulletin SA-226 no. 103 dated 01/20/82 states that limits be placed on use of nose wheel steering and pre-takeoff check to insure steering is in castor mode prior to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62Z
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC237
- Airframe hours
- 7,510
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-3U3-O, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- CMI · Urbana, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare International, runway 32, 11,600 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,395 total · 1,008 in this make and model · 3,950 as pilot in command · 265 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.