# Incident 20001223028839I: Swrngn SA227AC, Billings, MT, December 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2000, 13:50 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- 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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001223028839I

## Narrative

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

(-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 OF THER RIGHT ENGINE. WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH 12,500 FEET, THE CREW EXPERIENCED A VIBRATION IN THE RIGHT ENGINE FOLLOWED BY A RIGHT CHIP LIGHT AND LOUD BANG. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SECURED AND THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE A/C LANDED AT BILLINGS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE FAILURE CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE A/C AND DAMAGED ONE BLADE ON THE PROPELLER.

## 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 19980405008649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980405008649I), Apr 5, 1998: Swrngn SA227AC (N158MC), Billings, MT. 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…
- [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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