# Incident 19900324013489I: Saab SF340A, St Louis, MO, March 24, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1990, 15:50 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N344AM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900324013489I

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR BUFFETING AFTER DEPARTURE. RETURNED. ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR LEVER ASSEMBLIES WERE MISSING NUTS AND PINS.

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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