Swearingen SA-227 N568UP

Summary

On 31 January 1985 at about 11:47 local time, a Swearingen SA-227 registered N568UP, operated by Sat-Air, Inc., was involved in an accident near London, Kentucky, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 January 1985 at 11:47

Classification

Accident

Location

London, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

London-Corbin (LOZ)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Swearingen SA-227

Registration

N568UP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Sat-Air, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Louisville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI85MA100

2 people were seriously 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

DRG ARRIVAL, AT 0540:31, THE CAPT WAS CLRD FOR AN RNAV RWY 5 APCH & WAS TOLD TO CONTACT LONDON FSS ON 121.6 MHZ, 'NOW.' HOWEVER, HE DID NOT MAKE THE RADIO CALL UNTIL APRX 3 MIN LATER. THE ACFT BROKE OUT OF THE WX AT ABOUT 1000' & 1 MI FM THE ARPT (BEFORE THE RADIO CALL). AT THAT TIME, THE RWY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. THE CAPT THEN ADVISED THE FSS TO TURN ON THE RWY LIGHTS & HE MADE A LEFT PATTERN TO CIRCLE BACK & LAND. DRG THE NEXT APCH, THE ACFT WAS HI & FAST ON FINAL APCH & TOUCHED DOWN LONG. THE 1ST OFFICER RECOMMENDED THAT THE CAPT MAKE A GO-AROUND, BUT THE CAPT ELECTED TO CONT THE LNDG. WHEN THE CAPT REALIZED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY, HE RETRACTED THE GEAR. THE ACFT THEN SLIDOFF THE END OF THE RWY, WENT OVR AN EMBANKMENT, BECAME AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 140', THEN IMPACTED IN A LARGE RAVINE AREA. THE WEIGHT MANIFEST WAS FND TO BE IN ERROR. AFTER ALLOWING FOR A 500 LB FUEL BURN-OFF, THE LANDING WEIGHT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 14,668 LBS. THE MAX GROSS WT LIMIT WAS 14,500 LBS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.