# Incident 20010508009469I: Swrngn SA227AC, Billings, MT, May 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2001, 17:40 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: 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
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010508009469I

## Narrative

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

(-23)BIG SKY AIRLINES (BSAA) FH. 2503 DEPARTED BILLINGS, MONTANA, OR 05/08/2001. DURING CLIMB, AIRCRAFT N704C FAILED TO PROPERLY PRESSURIZE.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BILLINGS, MONTANA, AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE TROUBLE SHOOTING REVEALED AN ELECTRICAL WIRE INTERFERED WITH THE PROPER SEATING OF THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION OUTFLOW VALVE.  THE WIRE WAS REPOSITIONED.  THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

## 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 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 19990108010439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990108010439I), Jan 8, 1999: Swrngn SA227AC (N704C), Lewistown, MT, Minor damage. 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…
- [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…

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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