# NTSB NYC92LA083: Fairchild SA-227AC, N27465, Lexington, KY, April 18, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1992, 22:25 local (Apr 18, 1992, 02:25 UTC)
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Coordinates: 38.069984, -84.579353 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0700&lon=-84.5794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 15, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37145
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC92LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37145/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA083

## Probable cause

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY THE VEHICLE DRIVER.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, standing - engine(s) operating
  - object - vehicle
  - suicide - attempted, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - psychological condition, driver of vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS TAXIING TO THE GATE AFTER LANDING WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW OBSERVED A VEHICLE APPROACHING THEM FROM AHEAD ON THE TAXIWAY. THEY STOPPED THE AIRPLANE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE AIRPLANE, PASSING THROUGH THE RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER  ARC, BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT ENGINE. THE DRIVER HAD GAINED ENTRY ONTO THE TAXIWAY BY DRIVING THROUGH A LOCKED GATE AND BREAKING THE FENCE. WHEN INTERVIEWED, THE VEHICLE DRIVER SAID HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N27465](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27465-2006-12-08), registration cancelled 2006-12-08, S/N AC-755B, built 1989 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA-227AC
- Registry model: [Fairchild SA227-AC](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (registry code 3377509) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: AC755B
- Airframe hours: 2624
- Engines: GARRETT TPE-331-11U 1000 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Mesaba Airlines
- Registered owner: Ccd Air Trinity Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, April 8, 1992, 50 hours before
- Departed: DTW, DETROIT, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LEX, Blue Grass, runway 22, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,675 total, 375 in this make and model, 2,100 as pilot in command, 120 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LEX, 1 nm away

## 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 19920417010349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920417010349A), Apr 17, 1992: Swrngn SA227AC, Lexington, KY, Substantial damage. Suicidal driver under influence, crashed a gate,eluded police car, drove into rotating prop of aircraft on taxiway.

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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