Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
O'hare Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chicago, Illinois
Wednesday, February 24, 1982 20:15 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, THE RUNWAY WAS SLIPPERY AND THE TURN ONTO THE RUNWAY WAS DIFFICULT. THE NOSEWHEEL STEERING WAS ACTIVATED MOMENTARILY TO STRAIGHTEN THE NOSE, BUT WAS TURNED OFF PRIOR TO THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AT THE DESTINED AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AT APPROXIMATELY 115 KTS, AS SOON AS THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. FULL LEFT BRAKE AND RUDDER DID NOT CORRECT THE SWERVE. THE NOSE GEAR STEERING ACTUATOR WAS EXAMINED AND NO EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION WAS REVEALED. ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY SAFETY BULLETIN AND AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE BULLETIN, THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING SWITCH MUST BE OFF AND VERIFY THE NOSE WHEEL WILL CASTER (BY DISPLACING THE NOSE OF AIRCRAFT LEFT OR RIGHT USING BRAKES AND/OR ASYMETRIC ENGINE POWER) PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. THIS PROCEDURE IS TO BE PERFORMED BEFORE EVERY TAKEOFF WHILE TURNING ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING MUST NOT BE ARMED UNTIL THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING IS COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT SPEED IS REDUCED BELOW 10 KTS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 2/24/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 2015 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | CHICAGO |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | O'HARE |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | ORD |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| 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 | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 3 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -- |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 350 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 10 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| 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 | 12 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5070 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 18 2002 11:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\GIUV |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N192MA |
| NTSB Number | CHI82IA072 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | SWEARINGEN |
| Aircraft Model | SA-227 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | SA-227 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | AC-476 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 12500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 22 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | 296 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MIDSTATE AIRLINES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | STEVENS POINT |
| Aircraft Owner City | WISCONSIN |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | MIDSTATE AIRLINES |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | STEVENS POINT |
| Operator City | WISCONSIN |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| 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 Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | AI |
| Departure City | MKE |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1957 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | AI |
| Destination City | ORD |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:49PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 27 |
| Runway Length | 7400 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |