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.
(-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 lowered the gear and flight #2579 landed at Billings without further incident. The fault was traced to a cracked hydraulic line.
As the FAA filed it
(-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 LOWERED THE GEAR AND FLIGHT #2579 LANDED AT BILLINGS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FAULT WAS TRACED TO A CRACKED HYDRAULIC LINE.
Other reports on N159MC · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.