# NTSB CHI86LA051: Fairchild SA226TC, N334BA, Cleveland, OH, December 20, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 20, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Coordinates: 41.489078, -81.66941 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4891&lon=-81.6694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 16 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling
  - light condition - dusk
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - snowbank

## Analysis

THE CREW OBTAINED VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE RW EVIRONMENT 100 FT ABOVE DH. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE A/C TRAVELED ALONG THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK. THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH PATCHES OF ICE AND PACKED SNOW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N334BA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N334BA-1994-11-08), registration cancelled 1994-11-08, S/N TC307 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA226TC
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA226TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (registry code 8780404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-307
- Airframe hours: 11394
- Engines: GARRETT TPE331-3U 940 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Britt Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 12, 1985, 47 hours before
- Departed: DAY, DAYTON, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CLE, Cleveland-Hopkins, runway 28, 6,015 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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: 3,897 total, 948 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dusk
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 21 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CLE

## 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 19851220074249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851220074249A), Dec 20, 1985: Swrngn SA226TC, Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. Slightly misaligned on landing. Unable to keep left main from leaving side of runway. Paralleled runway, hit snowbank

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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