- Date
- June 22, 1988, 09:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N329BASwearingen SA226-TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880622071469I
- Case key
- 13996
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the front motor bearing in the sas servo motor assembly, and the resultant 'jamming' of the elevator control cables. The pilot aborted the takeoff as a result of the vibration in the yoke.
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Safety system(other) - failure,totalCause
Flight control,elevator - jammedCause
Aborted takeoff - performed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N329BA
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226-TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-238
- Airframe hours
- 15,690
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-10UA, 940 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Britt Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Britt Airways, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 5, 1988 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- ORD · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- PIA · Peoria, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 0R0 · O'Hare International, runway 32L, 13,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
N329BARegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Swearingen SA226TCAirframe modelSwearingen SA226TCEngine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total · 250 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °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.