- Date
- October 22, 1969
- Place
- Hondo, TX · HONDO, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N226TCSwearengen SA226
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 153328
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4266 69/10/22 HONDO,TEX SWEARENGEN SA226 CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N226TC PX- 0 0 0 TEST 49, 6524 TOTAL HOURS, 43 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HONDO,MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX HONDO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- EXPERIMENTAL TEST FLT FOR TYPE CERT.ENG/PROP PWR CTL PROBLEM. VEERED OFF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N226TC
- Reported as
- Swearengen SA226
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hondo,Muni