# Incident 19870417025699I: Swrngn SA226TC, St Louis, MO, April 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1987, 14:52 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: 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: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417025699I

## Narrative

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

WING OVERHEAT LIGHT CAME ON DURING FLIGHT, FOUND ANNUNCIATOR PANEL SHORTED.

## 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 19870218014979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218014979I), Feb 18, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N245AM), Kansas City, MO. Unsafe nose gear indication. Gear was not down. As emergency gear handle was rotated, nose gear locked down.

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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