Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
King Salmon Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
King Salmon, Alaska 99613
Tuesady, November 30, 1993 18:58 AST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO DIVERGE TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF RUN AT A GROUND SPEED OF BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KNOTS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) GLANCED AT THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND OBSERVED AN ASYMMETRY IN TORQUE BETWEEN THE PLANE'S TWO ENGINES. THE PIC REPORTED THAT IN HIS HASTE TO ACCOMPLISH THE ABORT, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE LEFT POWER LEVER BACK TO THE GROUND IDLE POSITION PRIOR TO THE IMPACT WITH THE NORTHWEST ARRESTING BARRIER PIT. THE PIC SAID THAT HE DEPRESSED THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING BUTTON BUT DID NOT PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE ENGINE POWER LEVER TO ENGAGE THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING. THE REASON FOR THE DELAYED OR DECREASED TORQUE FROM THE NO. 2 ENGINE COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND DID NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND DID NOT PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES FOR AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT WAS THE ASYMMETRY IN POWER BETWEEN THE PLANE'S TWO ENGINES FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 11/30/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1858 |
| Event Time Zone | Atlantic Standard Time |
| Event City | KING SALMON |
| Event State | ALASKA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 99613 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | KING SALMON |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | AKN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 57 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 4000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -2 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 28 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 11 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5034 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 3 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1940 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:44PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N630PA |
| NTSB Number | ANC94IA020 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Minor |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | SWEARINGEN |
| Aircraft Model | SA227 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | SA227 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | AC463 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 14500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 18 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Nov 18 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 59 |
| Airframe Hours | 22287 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | PENAIR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 6231 COLLINS WAY |
| Aircraft Owner City | ANCHORAGE |
| Aircraft Owner State | AK |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 99502 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | AK |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | PNSA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger/Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1858 |
| Departure Time Zone | AST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | ANC |
| Destination City | ANCHORAGE |
| Destination State | AK |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 11 |
| Runway Length | 8500 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |