# NTSB MIA89FA138: Swearingen SA-226-AT, N39RD, Jacksonville, FL, April 27, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 26, 1989, 21:45 local (Apr 27, 1989, 02:45 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Coordinates: 30.419109, -81.809768 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4191&lon=-81.8098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32288
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89FA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32288/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA138

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO USE THE AIRPLANE LANDING CHECKLIST AND ASSURE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear not extended, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF AN ON DEMAND SINGLE PILOT AIR-TAXI CARGO FLIGHT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR AFTER THE PROPELLERS HAD STRUCK THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N39RD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39RD-1993-06-16), registration cancelled 1993-06-16, S/N AT002 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-226-AT
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA-226AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226at) (registry code 8780405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AT002
- Airframe hours: 5713
- Engines: GARRETT TPE3313U303G 840 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Corporate Airways, doing business as Corporate Airways
- Registered owner: Richard R Donaldson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, March 11, 1989, 34 hours before
- Departed: SAV, SAVANNAH, GA
- Destination: JAX
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JAX, Jacksonville, runway 13, 8,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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: 5,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5,650 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890426010039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890426010039A), Apr 26, 1989: Swrngn SA226AT, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. All three gears collapsed on landing. No defects found.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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