- Date
- May 6, 1983, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N779MFairchild Swearingen SA226T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830506040269I
- Case key
- 33368
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Other system - blocked(partial)Cause
Analysis
During landing roll the acft veered left. The parking brake valve was suspected to have failed & was replaced as a precautionary measure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N779M
- Reported as
- Fairchild Swearingen SA226T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 363
- Airframe hours
- 1,198
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-3311, 900 lbs thrust, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mutual Of Omaha Ins. Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 30, 1983 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- OMA · Omaha, NE
- Airport
- LNK · Municipal, runway 17, 12,900 × 200 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 65 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.