Swearingen SA226TC N229AM

Summary

On 17 May 1996 at about 13:15 local time, a Swearingen SA226TC registered N229AM, operated by Airvantage, Inc., was involved in an accident near Fargo, North Dakota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 May 1996 at 13:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Fargo, North Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Hector International (KFAR)

Coordinates

46.9292, -96.8301

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226TC

Registration

N229AM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Airvantage, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Minneapolis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA162

Nobody was injured.

the flight crew did not comply with the gear down and lock checklist. The factors were a jammed nose gear and inattentive preflight planning/preparations by the pilot-in-command.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on short final to land, the pilot-in-command landed with the nose landing gear still in the uplocked position. The maintenance logbook indicates several undetermined nose gear uplock conditions that the flight crews had to lower the nose gear by free falling it. All flights were uneventful up until this flight. A transcript of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), indicated that the before landing checklist was not completed correctly. The landing gear challenge and reply checklist was recorded as saying landing gear coming down, with a horn beeping in the background. The Pilot's Operating Handbook (POH) says, landing gear--down, with no report of three green down and locked lights.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.