Short Brothers SD3-30 N330L

Summary

On 27 April 1984 at about 00:13 local time, a Short Brothers SD3-30 registered N330L was involved in an accident near North Canton, Ohio, United States. 22 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 April 1984 at 00:13

Classification

Accident

Location

North Canton, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Akron Canton (CAK)

Coordinates

40.9002, -81.4305

Aircraft

Short Brothers SD3-30

Registration

N330L

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pittsburgh → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI84FA165

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

FOLLOWING NORMAL LNDG, PLT EXECUTED 180-DEGREE TURN ON RUNWAY, THEN TAXIED TO GATE. NORMAL GATE ARRIVAL MANEUVER IS A RIGHT 180-DEGREE TURN TO PRESENT LEFT SIDE OF ACFT TO GATE. AS ACFT PASSED THROUGH ABOUT 135 DEGREES OF THIS MANEUVER, HYDRAULIC WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND BOTH NOSEWHEEL STEERING AND NORMAL BRAKING BECAME INOPERATIVE. PLT ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE ARC OF TURN WITH DIFFERENTIAL POWER BUT RADIUS HAD INCREASED TO THE POINT THAT LEFT WING CONTACTED TERMINAL ROOF. INVESTIGATION SHOWED A TRAIL OF HYDRAULIC FLUID FROM THE POINT OF THE 180-DEGREE TURN ON THE RUNWAY TO POINT WHERE BRAKING ACTION WAS LOST. NOSEWHEEL STEERING HYD FLEX LINES SHOWED CHAFING OF EXTERNAL REINFORCEMENT BRAIDING AT BEND RADIUS WITH SUBSEQUENT RUPTURE OF WEAKENED TUBING WALL. RECORDS SHOWED 7000 LANDINGS SINCE LINE REPLACEMENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.