# Incident 20040303002999I: Swrngn SA227AC, Spokane, WA, March 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2004, 10:26 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BSAA
- Location: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6588&lon=-117.4260&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: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 2,615 in this make and model, 274 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040303002999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) BIG SKY FLIGHT 1410, SPOKANE (GEG), WASHINGTON, TO OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO GEG WITH GEAR WARNING LIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1826Z. MAINTENANCE REPLACED LEFT OUTBOARD MAIN GEAR SQUAT SWITCH. GEAR WAS OPS CHECKED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N159MC (5)

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

- [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 19981022033669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981022033669I), Oct 22, 1998: Swrngn SA227AC (N159MC), Billings, MT. 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…
- [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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