# Incident 19870531041609I: Swrngn SA227AC, Philadelphia, PA, May 31, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1987, 18:12 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FAVA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N622AV-1996-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870531041609I

## Narrative

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

THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE ON LANDING. PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND LANDED SAFELY. CAUSE UNDETERMINED

## Other reports on N622AV (1)

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

- [Accident 19880219048949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880219048949A), Feb 19, 1988: Swrngn SA227AC (N622AV), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Destroyed, 12 fatal. Captain failed to note f/o made steep turn into lake and trees after takeoff. Distracted by false stall light.

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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