# Incident 19891214064359I: Swrngn SA226TC, Omaha, NE, December 14, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1989, 14:06 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245AM-2007-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA226TC (registry code 8780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA226TC
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891214064359I

## Narrative

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

GEAR DID NOT INDICATE UP ON CLIMB. RETURNED. LOWERED GEAR AND LANDED SAFELY. RIGGED AND ADJUSTED UPLOCK HOOKS.

## Other reports on N245AM (2)

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

- [Incident 19870417025699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417025699I), Apr 17, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N245AM), St Louis, MO. Wing overheat light came on during flight, found annunciator panel shorted.
- [Incident 19870218014979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870218014979I), Feb 18, 1987: Swrngn SA226TC (N245AM), Kansas City, MO. Unsafe nose gear indication. Gear was not down. As emergency gear handle was rotated, nose gear locked down.

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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