# Incident 19940512028579I: Saab SF340A, Texarkana, AR, May 12, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1994, 17:56 local time
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Airport: Texarkana Municipal Webb Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: WWMA
- Location: 33.4537° N, 93.9910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FLD (TXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4537&lon=-93.9910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N254AE-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 28
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW94IA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94IA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940512028579I

## Narrative

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

CONFIGURATION LIGHT CAME ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED. BRAKES FAILED FROM OVERHEAT. OVERRAN RUNWAY. DID NOT USE REVERSE PROP

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW94IA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94IA154), May 12, 1994: Saab-Scania SF-34OB (N254AE), Texarkana, AR, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO RETARD THE POWER LEVERS DURING A REJECTED TAKEOFF DUE TO HIS FAILURE TO PERFORM THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING MANUAL. A FACTOR WAS THE…

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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