# Accident 20180119009679A: Swearingen SA227-TT, Houston, TX, January 19, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2018, 16:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6072° N, 95.1586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6072&lon=-95.1586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6UP-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Swearingen SA227-TT (registry code 8780620, https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa227-tt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA227-TT
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180119009679A

## Narrative

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

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS PASSING THROUGH 18,000 FEET, BOTH GENERATORS FAILED AND WOULD NOT RESET. BATTERY POWER RAPIDLY DETERIORATED AND THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KEFD. DURING THE DESCENT TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE OVERCAST LAYER THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED, THE STATUS OF THE GEAR WAS UNKNOWN TO THE PILOTS DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KEFD ON THE MAIN GEAR AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN18LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA086), Jan 19, 2018: Swearingen SA227 TT (N6UP), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the left starter relay during engine start, which resulted in a loss of electrical and battery power during the flight and led to a forced landing with the nose landing gear not fully…

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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