# Incident 19870511033439I: Saab SF340A, St Louis, MO, May 11, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 1987, 13:45 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N342AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N342AM-1993-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Fairchild 340A (registry code 7850100, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-fairchild-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 26
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870511033439I

## Narrative

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

LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER FLUCTUATION. ENGINE SHUTDOWN, AIRCRAFT RETURNED. OIL CAP WAS OFF.

## Other reports on N342AM (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880818047899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818047899I), Aug 18, 1988: Saab SF340A (N342AM), St Louis, MO. While taxiing right engine appeared to have caught fire. Emergency procedures initiated. No fire. Generator seized.
- [Incident 19860205004249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860205004249I), Feb 5, 1986: Saab SF340A (N342AM), St Louis, MO. Right outboard main wheel and tire assembly separated due to wheel bearing failure. Safe return landing.
- [Incident 19851209066009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851209066009I), Dec 9, 1985: Saab SF340A (N342AM), Omaha, NE. Pressurization did not hold, indicator for left propeller gear box lit. Returned, replaced gear box transducer.
- [Incident 19851029072699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851029072699I), Oct 29, 1985: Saab SF340A (N342AM), Lincoln, NE. Outer left main wheel separated from axle during landing. Retaining nut washer not installed. Safe landing.

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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