45.8078° N, 108.5435° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 20, 1991 · 14:50 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Billings Logan International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
QXEA
Aircraft
N375PH
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
People aboard
2
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.
Cabin door warning light on climb. Returned. Door support chain was jammed between door and frame.
As the FAA filed it
CABIN DOOR WARNING LIGHT ON CLIMB. RETURNED. DOOR SUPPORT CHAIN WAS JAMMED BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME.