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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · St Louis, MO · May 23, 1988

Date
May 23, 1988 · 13:48 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert-St Louis International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AMWA
Aircraft
N343AM
Reported as
Saab SF340A
Reported engine
GE CT75A1
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Crew heard a loud bang on takeoff roll. Oil pressure decreasing. Aborted. Smoke from engine. NR2 engine had failed.

As the FAA filed it

CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG ON TAKEOFF ROLL. OIL PRESSURE DECREASING. ABORTED. SMOKE FROM ENGINE. NR2 ENGINE HAD FAILED.