45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 6, 1989 · 17:51 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BSAA
Aircraft
N116BS
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
Reported engine
Garrett TPE331*
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Unable to retract landing gear after takeoff. Returned. Landed safely. Found a faulty landing gear squat switch.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND A FAULTY LANDING GEAR SQUAT SWITCH.