42.4439° N, 76.5031° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 23, 1989 · 15:00 local
Place
Ithaca, NY
Airport
Tompkins County
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AANA
Aircraft
N745BA
Reported as
Saab SF340A
People aboard
21
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total1,300 in this make and model251 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.
Nose steering lost on rollout. Brakes soft when brakes used. Found hydraulic fitting was broken and fluid leaking.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE STEERING LOST ON ROLLOUT. BRAKES SOFT WHEN BRAKES USED. FOUND HYDRAULIC FITTING WAS BROKEN AND FLUID LEAKING.