# Incident 19950104008329I: Saab SF340A, South Bend, IN, January 4, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1995, 18:25 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- Reported engine: GE CT75A2
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,850 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950104008329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 4, 1995 AT APPROXIMATELY 1825 EST, AN SF-340A, N118AE WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 121 WITH 30 PASSENGERS FROM TOLEDO, OH (TOL) TO CHICAGO, IL (ORD) AS SIMMONS AIRLINES, INC., DBA AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT #4354. DURING THIS FLIGHT AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND A SUBSEQUENT DIVERSION TO SOUTH BEND, IN (SBN) RESULTING IN A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TAKING PLACE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE #1 OIL PRESSURE ILLUMINATED WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE #1 ENGINE POWER SECTION FAILED. MAINTENANCE CREWS REPLACED THE POWER UNIT AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. AN SDR WAS FILED.

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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