# Accident 20190727023539A: Fairchild SA227-AC, El Paso, TX, July 27, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2019, 05:35 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VPOA
- Location: 31.8072° N, 106.3764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8072&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N681TR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N681TR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-AC (registry code 3377509, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227-AC
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190727023539A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27,2019 AT 05:35 MDT, A FAIRCHILD SA227-C, REGISTERED TO SIERRA WEST AIRLINES, LANDED WITH THE LEFT LANDING GEAR UP AT EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EL PASO, TEXAS, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, FIRST OFFICER AND STUDENT OBSERVER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EL PASO, TEXAS ON JULY 27,2019 AT 04:35 MDT.

## 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 CEN19LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA246), Jul 27, 2019: Swearingen SA227 (N681TR), El Paso, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the left main landing gear to fully extend due to a lack of hydraulic fluid and during emergency extension procedures, which resulted in the collapse of the landing gear during landing and…

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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