# NTSB Accident CHI01FA032
> **Swearingen SA226TC** · 2000-11-09 · FORT WAYNE, IN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01FA032
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22263
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-11-09
- **Location:** FORT WAYNE, IN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.000747, -85.209075
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Swearingen
- **Model:** SA226TC
- **Registration:** N731AC
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The indicated failure of the right  hand AC bus during takeoff with low ceiling.  The factors were the low ceiling, night, and the execssive workload the pilot experienced on takeoff with an electrical failure without a second in command.

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