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.
Narrative: on Wednesday, March 22, 1995, N421MA, an SA-227AC operated by mesaba airlines, inc., on a normally scheduled part 135 flight from Lincoln, Nebraska to minneapolis, Minnesota as northwest airlink flight 3239, experienced a momentary loss of torque indication on the number one engine of takeoff roll. The pilot in command aborted the takeoff and the aircraft returned to the agate. Maintenance investigation performed an exhaustive search for the cause of the momentary torque loss; however, one could not be identified. A mechanical interruption summary is to be submitted to msp cmo. This incident is closed with this report.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1995, N421MA, AN SA-227AC OPERATED BY MESABA AIRLINES, INC., ON A NORMALLY SCHEDULED PART 135 FLIGHT FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA TO MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA AS NORTHWEST AIRLINK FLIGHT 3239, EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY LOSS OF TORQUE INDICATION ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE OF TAKEOFF ROLL. THE PILOT IN COMMAND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AGATE. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION PERFORMED AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH FOR THE CAUSE OF THE MOMENTARY TORQUE LOSS; HOWEVER, ONE COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. A MECHANICAL INTERRUPTION SUMMARY IS TO BE SUBMITTED TO MSP CMO. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.
Other reports on N421MA · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.