Swearingen SA226TC N252AM
15 February 1986 · Kansas City, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 February 1986 at about 02:33 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N252AM was involved in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri, United States. 16 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 02:33
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Swearingen SA226TC
- Registration
- N252AM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kansas City → Moline
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MKC86FA059
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Probable cause
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
DURING A CLIMB TO CRUISE, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY & REQUESTED TO DSCND & RETURN TO THE ARPT. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. AN EXAM OF THE LEFT PROP REVEALED THAT 1 OF ITS 3 BLADES HAD FAILED AT THE BUTT END & HAD SEPARATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LEFT ENG ATTACH MOUNTS HAD FAILED & THE ENG HAD BECOME COCKED OUTBOARD FROM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. A METALLURGICAL EXAM OF THE BLADE REVEALED FATIGUE CRACKING, EMINATING FM WITHIN THE PILOT HOLE OF THE BLADE BUTT. NUMEROUS SCRATCHES WERE VISIBLE IN THE PILOT HOLE AND THE CRACK HAD ITS INITIATION AT ONE OF THE SCRATCH MARKS NR THE BEARING WASHER. THE WASHER IS USED TO PULL THE BEARING OUT OF THE PILOT HOLE FOR MAINTENANCE AND/OR INSPECTION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Swearingen SA226TC accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 1986 | Swearingen SA226TC | Billings, Montana, United States | Big Sky Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 1985 | Swearingen SA226TC | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Britt Airways | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 1985 | Swearingen SA226TC METRO II | Fresno, California, United States | Wings West, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1985 | Swearingen SA226TC | Dayton, Ohio, United States | Midstate Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1985 | Swearingen SA226TC | Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States | Air Midwest Skyways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 1984 | Swearingen SA226TC | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | Scheduled Skyways | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 1986 | Saab-Fairchild SF340 | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Air Midwest | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jan 1986 | Cessna 172N | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Lawrence Flying Club Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jan 1986 | Piper PA-28-140 | Creve Ceour, Missouri, United States | Ernest L. Sturgeon | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Jan 1986 | Piper PA-28-180 | Columbia, Missouri, United States | M. E. Tumbleson | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jan 1986 | Cessna 152 | Independence, Missouri, United States | Roger Billings | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1986 | Cessna 310R | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |