# NTSB MKC86LA136: Fairchild SA-227, N243DH, Lincoln, NE, July 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 1, 1986, 08:13 local (13:13 UTC)
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Coordinates: 40.910701, -96.79071 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9107&lon=-96.7907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34201/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN ENDED SHORT OF THE ACTIVE RWY AT LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. THE PIC RPTD WINDSHEAR ON FINAL BUT WIND CONDITIONS WERE RPTD AS BEING 340 DEGREES AT 15 KTS, A HEADWIND FOR THIS LANDING. NO MECHANICAL CONTROL PBLM WAS REPORTEDLY EXPERIENCED DURING THIS SEQUENCE AND NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS PRESENT. THE RWY LENGTH FOR RWY 35R WAS 5500 FEET, WELL WITHIN THE CAPABILITY OF THIS ACFT. THERE WERE NO RPTS FM ANY OTHER ACFT EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR DIFFICULTY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N243DH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N243DH-2025-08-20), registration cancelled 2025-08-20, S/N AT-609B (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA-227
- Registry model: [Fairchild SA227-AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-at) (registry code 3377510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AT609B
- Airframe hours: 1215
- Engines: GARRETT TPE 331-11U 1000 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Dhl Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, June 25, 1986, 94 hours before
- Departed: OMA, OMAHA, NE
- Destination: LNK, LINCOLN, NE
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LNK, Lincoln, runway 35, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16,000 total, 15,500 as pilot in command, 194 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LNK

## 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 19860701029939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860701029939A), Jul 1, 1986: Swrngn SA227AT, Lincoln, NE, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway after descent below VASI. Main wheels struck hard runway surface lip. Pilot blames windshear.

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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