# NTSB investigations: Swearingen SA226TC, 1986

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN87IA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87IA032.md): Swearingen SA226TC · Billings, MT · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Dec 20, 1986 · N124AV · Minor damage
  > N124AV was operating as big sky airlines flt 3857, scheduled service from helena to Billings. The flt proceeded uneventfully until the apch into Billings. The flt crew stated after the incident that when the landing gear was extended, the left main gear…
- [NTSB LAX87FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA028.md): Fairchild Swearingen SA-226TC · Santa Barbara, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1986 · N137WW · Substantial damage
  > On a dark night, in cavu weather, the captain directed the first officer (who was flying) to disarm the landing gear warning horn system by pulling its circuit breaker. The f/o complied & did not challenge the captain. On final approach the f/o failed to…
- [NTSB CHI86FA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA235.md): Fairchild SA-266TC · Galesburg, IL · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 25, 1986 · N327BA · Substantial damage
  > All landing gear on the aircraft prematurely retracted during takoff rotation. The captain aborted the takeoff and the aircraft slid to a stop on the runway. Subsequent gear retraction tests revealed no mechanical malfunctions within the landing gear system.…
- [NTSB FTW86LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA120.md): Beech E18S · Oklahoma City, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 24, 1986 · N2001C · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > A swearingen SA-226TC, N516SS, was lndd at ngt on rwy 17L. After lndg, the flt crew exited onto taxiway-E3 (TWY-E3), where they were instructed by tower to hold. A Beech E18S, N2001C, was then lndd on the same rwy (rwy 17L) & its plt also exited onto TWY-E3.…
- [NTSB MKC86FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA059.md): Swearingen SA226TC · Kansas City, MO · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 15, 1986 · N252AM · Substantial damage
  > During a climb to cruise, the pilot-in-command declared an emergency & requested to dscnd & return to the arpt. The landing was uneventful. An exam of the left prop revealed that 1 of its 3 blades had failed at the butt end & had separated. Subsequently, the…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1986
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('8780404'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=8780404&year=1986

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