# Incident 19870218014979I: Swrngn SA226TC, Kansas City, MO, February 18, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1987, 08:17 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245AM-2007-10-30) (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: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218014979I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. AS EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE WAS ROTATED, NOSE GEAR LOCKED DOWN.

## Other reports on N245AM (2)

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

- [Incident 19891214064359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891214064359I), Dec 14, 1989: Swrngn SA226TC (N245AM), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Gear did not indicate up on climb. Returned. Lowered gear and landed safely. Rigged and adjusted uplock hooks.
- [Incident 19870417025699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417025699I), Apr 17, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N245AM), St Louis, MO. Wing overheat light came on during flight, found annunciator panel shorted.

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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