Fairchild Swearingen SA226TC incident near Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 5, 1985
On June 5, 1985 at about 7:16 pm local time, a Fairchild Swearingen SA226TC, registered N1007W, suffered minor damage in an incident near Cherry Point, North Carolina (Mcas Cherry Point airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 14 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
Preview. This page is not yet listed for search engines.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 5, 1985 · about 7:16 pm local time
- Place
- Cherry Point, North Carolina · Mcas Cherry Point · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 14 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Fairchild Swearingen SA226TC
- Registration
- N1007W · registry record · serial TC-346
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING AN APPCH FOR LDG AT NEW BERN NC, THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO GET THE RIGHT MAIN LDG GEAR TO EXTEND. GROUND OBSERVERS REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR WAS PARTIALLY OPEN. THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT THE COMMUTER AIR CARRIER FLT. TO MCAS CHERRY POINT WHERE CFR EQUIPMENT WAS AVAILABLE. A SUCCESSFUL WHEELS UP LDG WAS COMPLETED WITH MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR PASSENGERS. MAIN. HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOORS THE PREV. DAY.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 10,318 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, May 29, 1985; 33 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 12,499 lb
- Seats: 20
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TPE-331-3 (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: RMI Rocky Mountain NC at 6:17 pm
- Destination: EWM New Bern NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 23, 8,000 ft by 200 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 25,000 ft; scat at 3,000 ft
- Temperature: 86°F (30°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 7:17 pm from MKT
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 12 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ATL85IA180.