# Incident 19881114068589I: Emb EMB120, Great Falls, MT, November 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1988, 15:46 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N187SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N187SW-2005-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120 (registry code 3260201, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881114068589I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR DOOR LIGHT INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FROZEN SLUSH CLEANED OFF DOOR PROXIMITY SWITCH.

## Other reports on N187SW (1)

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

- [Incident 19881015064079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881015064079I), Oct 15, 1988: Emb EMB120 (N187SW), Billings, MT. Shut down one engine en route. Notified ATC and landed without incident. NR2 engine oil pump had failed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.