# NTSB CHI88IA097: Fairchild SA-226-TC, N332BA, Bloomington, IL, April 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1988, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88IA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13993/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88IA097

## Probable cause

PHYSICAL INCAPACITATION DUE TO AN ORGANIC PATHOGEN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE ANXIETY AND SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - procedures/directives - not followed, copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - incapacitation(loss of consciousness), copilot/second pilot
  - incapacitation(organic problem), copilot/second pilot (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - self-induced pressure (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N332BA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N332BA-2013-08-27), registration cancelled 2013-08-27, S/N TC-222E, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Fairchild SA-226-TC
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA226TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (registry code 8780404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-222E
- Engines: GARRETT TPE-331 940 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Britt Airways, doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner: Britt Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SPI, SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Destination: CGX, CHICAGO, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BMI, Bloomington/Normal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,548 total, 913 in this make and model, 1,384 as pilot in command, 209 in the last 90 days, 81 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 25 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BMI, 20 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880411009579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880411009579A), Apr 11, 1988: Swrngn SA226TC, Bloomington-Nor, IL. First officer became ill and passed out. Diverted and landed for medical asistance. Illness was a viral syndrome.

## Other investigations on N332BA (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 DEN04LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA023), Nov 18, 2003: Fairchild Swearingen SA226TC (N332BA), Grand Junction, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the operator's improper maintenance and servicing of the airplane's nose landing gear assembly, resulting in the collapse of the nose landing gear during the landing roll. Contributing factors…

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.

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