45.9548° N, 112.4975° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 20, 1989 · 13:12 local
Place
Butte, MT
Airport
Bert Mooney
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BSAA
Aircraft
N117BS
Reported as
Swrngn SA226TC
People aboard
12
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 pressurize. Returned. Door handle bell crank was loose and striker would not engage door seal switch.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO PRESSURIZE. RETURNED. DOOR HANDLE BELL CRANK WAS LOOSE AND STRIKER WOULD NOT ENGAGE DOOR SEAL SWITCH.