# Incident 19981022033669I: Swrngn SA227AC, Billings, MT, October 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N159MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N159MC) (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/19981022033669I

## Narrative

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

ON 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 CORRODED RESULTING IN A FAULTY CONNECTION.

## Other reports on N159MC (5)

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

- [Incident 20040303002999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040303002999I), Mar 3, 2004: Swrngn SA227AC (N159MC), 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…
- [Incident 19991026030149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991026030149I), Oct 26, 1999: Swrngn SA227AC (N159MC), 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,…
- [Incident 19970326008319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970326008319I), Mar 26, 1997: Swrngn SA227AC (N159MC), Omaha, NE. Narrative: N159MC, a SA-227-AC being operated as mesaba airlines flight 3049, departed lincoln, Nebraska, enroute to minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 26, 1997.…
- [Incident 19951228045239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951228045239I), Dec 28, 1995: Swrngn SA227AC (N159MC), Bemidji, MN. Narrative: on December 26, 1995 mesaba records show extensive maintenance on fairchild SA-227 aircraft N159MC in the area of the elevator quadrant. During the…
- [Accident 19910928063109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910928063109A), Sep 28, 1991: Swrngn SA227AC (N159MC), Atlantic City, NJ, Substantial damage. Right main gear collapsed on touchdown. Right prop wing tip hit runway. Down lock bearing failed.

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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