Accident Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante N103VA, Wednesday 22 February 1984

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Date:	Wednesday 22 February 1984
Time:	20:05 LT
Type:	Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante
Owner/operator:	Valdez Airlines
Registration:	N103VA
MSN:	110204
Year of manufacture:	1978
Total airframe hrs:	9209 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Cordova, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Anchorage, AK (ANC
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING A LANDING AT NIGHT, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY LEFT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE, WHICH WAS NOT VISIBLE, & BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT DID NOT RESPOND TO RUDDER INPUTS, RUDDER TILLER INPUTS OR DIFFERENTIAL REVERSE THRUST. IT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT, HIT A 30 INCH SNOW BERM (LOCATED INSIDE THE RWY LIGHTS) & WENT OFF THE RWY. THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED & THE LEFT PROP HIT THE GROUND BEFORE THE ACFT CAME TO REST. DURING AN EXAM, THE LEFT WHEEL ROTATED FREELY, BUT ONE SIDE OF THE WHEEL WAS CUT & SCRAPED, INDICATING IT HAD BEEN LOCKED. NO MECHANICAL BRAKE MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS VERIFIED. THIS WAS THE PLT'S 1ST FLT IN 21 DAYS.

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