# Incident 19950224005979I: Saab 340B, Farmington, NM, February 24, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1995, 07:20 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WWMA
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950224005979I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 24, 1995, AT FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, A SAAB-340B, N341SB, OWNED BY AMERICAN EAGLE/WINGS WEST OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF FROM FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO DAMAGE AND IT RETURNED TO FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO AIRPORT. THE PILOT HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO ON FEBRUARY 24, 1995, AT 07:10 AM.

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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