# Incident 19990108010439I: Swrngn SA227AC, Lewistown, MT, January 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1999, 20:25 local time
- Place: Lewistown, MT
- Airport: Lewistown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ASAA
- Location: 47.0493° N, 109.4667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEWISTOWN MUNI (LWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0493&lon=-109.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704C-2004-02-12) (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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,772 total, 1,335 in this make and model, 279 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990108010439I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 8, 1999, AT 20:25 MST, LEWISTOWN, MT, AIRCRAFT N704C, MODEL SA-227-AC, THE PILOT STATED, AFTER CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED AND ENGINE POWER APPLIED, ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AT WHICH TIME HE ABORTED THE TAKE-OFF, BUT COULD NOT REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE HITTING A THREE FOOT SNOW BANK. THE MATTER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE. AN AMENDED REPORT WILL BE FILED AT A LATER DATE.

## Other reports on N704C (4)

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

- [Incident 20021127032119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021127032119I), Nov 27, 2002: Swrngn SA227AC (N704C), Wolf Point, MT. (-23) The aircraft departed billings, Montana for Wolf Point, Montana. 10 miles east of Wolf Point the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit, followed by the right…
- [Incident 20010508009469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010508009469I), May 8, 2001: Swrngn SA227AC (N704C), Billings, MT. (-23)Big sky airlines (bsaa) fh. 2503 departed Billings, Montana, or 05/08/2001. During climb, aircraft N704C failed to properly pressurize. The aircraft…
- [Incident 19991026030199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991026030199I), Oct 26, 1999: Swrngn SA227AC (N704C), Billings, MT. (-23) On 10/26/99 at 0912 a big sky airlines, inc. fairchild SA-227-AC, n#704C, experienced a failure of the aircraft to properly pressurize. Flight #2550…
- [Incident 19981220042019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981220042019I), Dec 20, 1998: Swrngn SA227AC (N704C), Billings, MT. (-5)On 12/19/98 @1917 mlcl, flight 1136, a big sky airlines inc., SA-227-AC aircraft experienced erroneous readings on the vertical speed indicator. The…

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