- Date
- August 16, 1988, 07:57 local (11:57 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N322BAFairchild SA-226-TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880816033469A
- Case key
- 13964
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Probable cause
The captain's late decision to abort after a propeller linkage failure on the right engine and the co-pilot's failure to relinquish engine and braking authority to the captain resulting in confusion and inadequate braking to stop on the runway after the abort.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N322BA
- Reported as
- Fairchild SA-226-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-261
- Airframe hours
- 19,834
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-10UA, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 4, 1988 · 49 hours before
- Destination
- YXU · London
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLE · Hopkins, runway 23L, 8,998 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,883 total · 1,744 in this make and model · 2,234 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 63 °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.
Other investigations on N322BA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.