Swearingen SA226TC N62Z

Summary

On 31 March 1982 at about 03:05 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N62Z, operated by Britt Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 18 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 March 1982 at 03:05

Classification

Incident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

O'hare International (ORD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226TC

Registration

N62Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Britt Airways, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → Urbana

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI82IA108

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AT SLOW SPEED BUT THE VEER WAS CORRECTED. AT 60 KTS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED AGAIN AND WAS NOT CORRECTED. AIRCRAFT LEFT RUNWAY AND DAMAGED PROPS. SERVICE BULLETIN SA-226 NO. 103 DATED 01/20/82 STATES THAT LIMITS BE PLACED ON USE OF NOSE WHEEL STEERING AND PRE-TAKEOFF CHECK TO INSURE STEERING IS IN CASTOR MODE PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.