# Incident 19880704054909I: Swrngn SA226TC, White Hall, MT, July 4, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1988, 16:50 local time
- Place: White Hall, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSAA
- Location: 45.8710° N, 112.0976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitehall, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8710&lon=-112.0976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125AV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125AV-2002-09-11) (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: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,211 total, 1,150 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880704054909I

## Narrative

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

SKIN DAMAGE TO LEADING EDGE OF WING SURFACES SPINNERS AND RADOME WHEN ENCOUNTERED HEAVY HAIL. STORM UNSEEN ON RADAR

## Other reports on N125AV (2)

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

- [Incident 19881015060879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881015060879I), Oct 15, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N125AV), Billings, MT. Unsafe gear indication. Flyby showed gear down. Landed safely. Bulb burned out in nose gear indicating system.
- [Incident 19811222085709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811222085709I), Dec 22, 1981: Swrngn SA226TC (N125AV), Roanoke, VA. On takeoff with 1 inch wet snow, right engine ingested snow, propeller auto feathered, aircraft veered off runway.

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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