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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Fort Smith, AR · March 17, 1996

Date: March 17, 1996 · 11:43 local
Place: Fort Smith, AR
Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: REXA
Aircraft: N321PX
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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 March 17, 1996, at 1143 CST, a Saab 340A, N321PX, operated by express airlines, as northwest air link flight 5361, returned and landed at Fort Smith Municipal Airport after losing hydraulic pressure shortly after take-off. The aircraft was on a regular scheduled passenger flight to memphis, TN. The left main landing gear downlock actuator line swivel, part number L38710SA, was found ruptured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 17, 1996, AT 1143 CST, A SAAB 340A, N321PX, OPERATED BY EXPRESS AIRLINES, AS NORTHWEST AIR LINK FLIGHT 5361, RETURNED AND LANDED AT FORT SMITH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AFTER LOSING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A REGULAR SCHEDULED PASSENGER FLIGHT TO MEMPHIS, TN. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR LINE SWIVEL, PART NUMBER L38710SA, WAS FOUND RUPTURED.