# Incident 19860415023909I: Swrngn SA226TC, St Louis, MO, April 15, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1986, 09:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N502SS-1992-02-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860415023909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RIGHT MAIN WOULD NOT RETRACT AND INTRANSIT INDICATOR FAILED TO INDICATE. CAUSE OF MALFUNCTION UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N502SS (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880218011999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880218011999I), Feb 18, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N502SS), Houston, TX. Right engine torque fluctuating. Shut engine down. Suspect a bad fuel control.
- [Incident 19871003068419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871003068419I), Oct 3, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N502SS), Houston, TX. Recycled gear after ATC issued a go around on final due to lack of gear down. Cause of incident unknown.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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