- Date
- January 10, 1987, 00:30 local (07:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N165SWSwearingen SA227-AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870110001199A
- Case key
- 25503
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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.
Analysis
The left main landing gear retracted after a normal landing and the aircraft swerved off the left side of the runway into the dirt. Crewmembers stated that they observed three green landing gear position lights prior to touch down and that, after the aircraft came to a stop, the left gear in transit light had come on and the green light was off. Inspection revealed no malfunction or pre-accident defect of the landing gear system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N165SW
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA227-AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AC514
- Airframe hours
- 11,767
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-11461, 840 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Sky West Airlines
- Registered owner
- General Electric Credit Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1987
- Departed
- IPL · Imperial, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- YUM · Yuma Int'L, runway 35, 5,170 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- 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
- 4,542 total · 1,425 in this make and model · 4,542 as pilot in command · 265 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N165SW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.