# Incident 19881015060879I: Swrngn SA226TC, Billings, MT, October 15, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1988, 14:26 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881015060879I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. FLYBY SHOWED GEAR DOWN. LANDED SAFELY. BULB BURNED OUT IN NOSE GEAR INDICATING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N125AV (2)

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

- [Incident 19880704054909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880704054909I), Jul 4, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N125AV), White Hall, MT, Minor damage. Skin damage to leading edge of wing surfaces spinners and radome when encountered heavy hail. Storm unseen on radar
- [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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