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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Pittsburgh, PA · March 7, 1989

Date
March 7, 1989 · 03:34 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CHQA
Aircraft
N120CH
Reported as
Saab SF340A
People aboard
12
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.

No indication of gear retraction on takeoff from a slush covered runway. Returned. De-iced landing gear system.

As the FAA filed it

NO INDICATION OF GEAR RETRACTION ON TAKEOFF FROM A SLUSH COVERED RUNWAY. RETURNED. DE-ICED LANDING GEAR SYSTEM.