45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 18, 1989 · 11:55 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
N371MT
Reported as
Bag JETSTM3201
People aboard
4
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.
Lost left generator on climbout. Returned. Found loose electrical connection at generator line contactor.
As the FAA filed it
LOST LEFT GENERATOR ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. FOUND LOOSE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AT GENERATOR LINE CONTACTOR.