# Incident 19890423021779I: Swrngn SA226TC, Billings, MT, April 23, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1989, 11:45 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N342PL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N342PL-1990-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890423021779I

## Narrative

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

CABIN DOOR LIGHT ON. RETURNED.FOUND FORWARD MIDDLE CLICK CLACK WAS BENT. REPAIRED AND ADJUSTED LIGHT MICRO SWITCHES

## Other reports on N342PL (6)

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

- [Incident 19890713051349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890713051349I), Jul 13, 1989: Swrngn SA226TC (N342PL), Butte, MT. Right main gear would not stay up and locked. Returned. Right main gear uplock switch had failed internally.
- [Incident 19890705051379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890705051379I), Jul 5, 1989: Swrngn SA226TC (N342PL), Billings, MT. Unable to pressurize on climb. Returned. Passenger door seal pneumatic supply line had pulled out of the door seal.
- [Incident 19890210017539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890210017539I), Feb 10, 1989: Swrngn SA226TC (N342PL), Kalispell, MT. Loss of power on takeoff roll. Aborted. Engine shut down. Found a broken throttle cable. Cable replaced.
- [Incident 19880910057849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880910057849I), Sep 10, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N342PL), Billings, MT. Problem with rmi indicator and NR1 gyro after takeoff. Returned. NR1 gyro had failed.
- [Incident 19880228041939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880228041939I), Feb 28, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC (N342PL), Helena, MT, Minor damage. Bird strike at cruise. After landing, found damaged spinner on left engine and bird injestion damage to engine.
- [Incident 19871001063749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871001063749I), Oct 1, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N342PL), Billings, MT. Elevator control system locked up during climb. Returned. Found the stall avoidance servo failed internally.

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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