# NTSB CHI84FA165: Short Brothers SD3-30, N330L, North Canton, OH, April 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 26, 1984, 19:13 local (Apr 27, 1984, 00:13 UTC)
- Place: North Canton, OH
- Coordinates: 40.900211, -81.430519 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9002&lon=-81.4305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 22 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA165

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, taxi - from landing
  - hydraulic system,line - chafed (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, company maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,balancing - inadequate, company maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
  - hydraulic system,line - burst (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - fluid,hydraulic - loss,partial (cause)
  - landing gear,steering system - inoperative (cause)
  - landing gear,normal brake system - inoperative (cause)
  - remedial action - attempted, pilot in command
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - clearance - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)

## Analysis

FOLLOWING NORMAL LNDG, PLT EXECUTED 180-DEGREE TURN ON RUNWAY, THEN TAXIED TO GATE. NORMAL GATE ARRIVAL MANEUVER IS A RIGHT 180-DEGREE TURN TO PRESENT LEFT SIDE OF ACFT TO GATE. AS ACFT PASSED THROUGH ABOUT 135 DEGREES OF THIS MANEUVER, HYDRAULIC WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND BOTH NOSEWHEEL STEERING AND NORMAL BRAKING BECAME INOPERATIVE. PLT ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE ARC OF TURN WITH DIFFERENTIAL POWER BUT RADIUS HAD INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT LEFT WING CONTACTED TERMINAL ROOF. INVESTIGATION SHOWED A TRAIL OF HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE POINT OF THE 180-DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY TO POINT WHERE BRAKING ACTION WAS LOST. NOSEWHEEL STEERING HYD FLEX LINES SHOWED CHAFING OF EXTERNAL REINFORCEMENT BRAIDING AT BEND RADIUS WITH SUBSEQUENT RUPTURE OF WEAKENED TUBING WALL. RECORDS SHOWED 7000 LANDINGS SINCE LINE REPLACEMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N330L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Short Brothers SD3-30
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: SH3026
- Airframe hours: 11709
- Engines: P&W PT6A-45B 750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Chautaqua Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: PIT, PITTSBURGH, PA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CAK, Akron Canton, runway 23, 5,598 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,000 total, 2,863 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CAK, 1 nm away

## 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 19840426024759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840426024759A), Apr 26, 1984: Stbros SD330, North Canton, OH, Substantial damage. Aircraft wing struck terminal building after hydraulic line to nose steering and brakes failed.

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.