# Incident 19891204059229I: Swrngn SA227AC, Portland, OR, December 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1989, 12:00 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2727B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2727B-1996-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891204059229I

## Narrative

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

DECLARED EMERGENCY ON APPROACH DUE TO HOT NR2 BATTERY. LANDED SAFELY. REPLACED BATTERY AND CANNON PLUG.

## Other reports on N2727B (2)

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

- [Incident 19950517015479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950517015479I), May 17, 1995: Swrngn SA227AC (N2727B), Spokane, WA. Narrative: during a routine IFR flight at 19,000 feet the captain's pitch trim sonalert intermittent tone with no trim input. Pitch trim began to move without…
- [Incident 19910307013309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910307013309I), Mar 7, 1991: Swrngn SA227AC (N2727B), Billings, MT. Outer pane of the pilots windshield cracked. Aircraft landed without incident.

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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