# Incident 19980405008649I: Swrngn SA227AC, Billings, MT, April 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1998, 18:31 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BSAA
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N158MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWRNGN SA227AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980405008649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 04/05/98 AT 1831M LCL, BIG SKY AIRLINES FLIGHT 1136 DEPARTED BILLINGS, MONTANA TO HAVRE, MONTANA. FOLLOWING DEPARTURE FROM BILLINGS, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT ENGINE EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE INDICATOR FLUCTUATED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BILLINGS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N158MC (3)

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

- [Incident 20021031030029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021031030029I), Oct 31, 2002: Swrngn SA227AC (N158MC), Casper, WY. (-23) While in climb out from Casper, WY airport, the right engine oil pressure caution light came on. The flight crew checked the right oil pressure gauge and…
- [Incident 20001223028839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001223028839I), Dec 23, 2000: Swrngn SA227AC (N158MC), Billings, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On 12/23/00, at 1350 MST local, during descent into billlings, Montana, big sky airlines flight 2551, a fairchild SA227-AC, N158MC, experienced a failure…
- [Incident 19930122001989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930122001989I), Jan 22, 1993: Swrngn SA227AC (N158MC), Washington, DC. Left engine fire warning. Shut engine down. Used fire extinguisher. Found faulty fire warning detector.

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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