# Incident 19860715041879I: Swrngn SA226TC, Nashville, TN, July 15, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1986, 08:38 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N229AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229AM-2003-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,740 total, 6,085 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860715041879I

## Narrative

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

DESCENDED BELOW ASSIGNED ALTITUDE DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING. ATC DID NOT CORRECT READBACK. LOSS OF SEPARATION.

## Other reports on N229AM (4)

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

- [Accident 20030415009089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030415009089A), Apr 15, 2003: Swrngn SA226TC (N229AM), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC landed on runway 35L with the main gear in the retracted position and the nose gear partilly extended but not locked. The investigation is ongoing at…
- [Accident 19960517010749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960517010749A), May 17, 1996: Swrngn SA226TC (N229AM), Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. Aircraft nose gear failed to lower and landed without nose gear, no indication that the gear had not lowered. (.4)while on short final to land, the…
- [Incident 19890719040189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890719040189I), Jul 19, 1989: Swrngn SA226TC (N229AM), Sioux City, IA. No nose gear down safe light. Used emergency procedures. Landed safely. Wire on down lock switch was broken.
- [Incident 19881026061039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881026061039I), Oct 26, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N229AM), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Unable to extend left gear, landed gear up. Metal skin on gear door caught under nacelle jamming gear door.

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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