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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Pensacola, FL · July 6, 1988

Date
July 6, 1988 · 06:30 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Airport
Pensacola Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
REXA
Aircraft
N322PX
Reported as
Saab SF340A
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total800 in this make and model250 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.

Generator sparked and smoked during climb out. Shut NR1 engine down. Returned.

As the FAA filed it

GENERATOR SPARKED AND SMOKED DURING CLIMB OUT. SHUT NR1 ENGINE DOWN. RETURNED.