- Date
- May 18, 1989, 19:10 local (May 19, 1989, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IL
- Injuries
- 14 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N232AMSwearingen SA226TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890518014009A
- Case key
- 14252
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft. Contributing to the accident was lack of crew coordination and inappropriate remedial action on the part of the aircrew, and improper maintenance modification by the operator.
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
- N232AM
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-314
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Midwest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- STL · St Louis, MO
- Destination
- MWA · Marion, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MWA · Williamson City Regional, runway 20, 150 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- 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
- 3,510 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 2,365 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.