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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Sioux City, IA · January 13, 1987

Date
January 13, 1987 · 06:30 local
Place
Sioux City, IA
Airport
Sioux Gateway
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
REXA
Aircraft
N324PX
Reported as
Saab SF340A
Reported engine
GE CT72A
People aboard
18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,450 total600 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine torque dropped after takeoff on left then right engine. Returned, failed to locate engine problem.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE TORQUE DROPPED AFTER TAKEOFF ON LEFT THEN RIGHT ENGINE. RETURNED, FAILED TO LOCATE ENGINE PROBLEM.