# NTSB Accident ATL04LA078
> **Swearingen SA-226T** · 2004-02-28 · Collegedale, TN, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL04LA078
- **Event ID:** 20040305X00270
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-02-28
- **Location:** Collegedale, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.049373, -85.050018
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Swearingen
- **Model:** SA-226T
- **Registration:** N70FC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inability to maintain directional control due to the inadequate grounding of the nose wheel steering clutches, as a result of inadequate maintenance inspection by other maintenance personnel to ensure the nose wheel steering clutches were grounded.  A related factor was the ditch.

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