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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Swrngn SA227-AC · Atlantic City, NJ · September 28, 1991

Date: September 28, 1991 · 21:17 local
Place: Atlantic City, NJ
Airport: Atlantic City International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: JBXA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N159MC
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC91LA248
Reported as: Swrngn SA227AC
Reported engine: Garrett TPE33111U
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,900 total105 in this make and model162 in the last 90 days

N159MCRegistered now · Fairchild SA227-ACS/N AC-728B Airframe modelFairchild SA227-AC Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Right main gear collapsed on touchdown. Right prop wing tip hit runway. Down lock bearing failed.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. RIGHT PROP WING TIP HIT RUNWAY. DOWN LOCK BEARING FAILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC91LA248Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAtlantic City, NJA failure of the down lock roller bearings of the right main landing gear, as the result of an improper modification.Sep 29, 1991 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N159MC · 5

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

Incident 20040303002999IClimb · Spokane, WA(-23) Big sky flight 1410, Spokane (geg), Washington, to olympia, Washington, declared emergency and returned to geg with gear warning light. Aircraft landed without incident at 1826Z. Maintenance replaced left outboard main gear squat switch. Gear was ops…Mar 3, 2004 Incident 19991026030149IDescent · Billings, MT(-23) On 10/26/99 at 0719 LCL MDT, a big sky airlines fairchild SA-227-AC, N159MC, experienced a hydraulic failure of the landing gear system. During landing, the flight crew selected gear down and the main landing gear failed to deploy. The crew manually…Oct 26, 1999 Incident 19981022033669ITo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Billings, MTOn 10/22/98 @ 1900 mlcl aircraft N159MC left engine failed to generate required engine torque during take-off roll. The crew aborted take-off and returned to gate. The mechanics trouble shooting revealed the cannon plug to the left engine P2 sensor was…Oct 22, 1998 Incident 19970326008319INormal Cruise · Omaha, NENarrative: N159MC, a SA-227-AC being operated as mesaba airlines flight 3049, departed lincoln, Nebraska, enroute to minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 26, 1997. Enroute the aircraft experienced smoke in the cockpit and the aircraft landed at Omaha, Nebraska.…Mar 26, 1997 Incident 19951228045239IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Bemidji, MNNarrative: on December 26, 1995 mesaba records show extensive maintenance on fairchild SA-227 aircraft N159MC in the area of the elevator quadrant. During the maintenance, a mechanic following maintenance manual procedures, removed the upper elevator bolt and…Dec 28, 1995