30.4734° N, 87.1866° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
April 9, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Airport
Pensacola Regional Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
REXA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N368PX
Reported as
Saab 340B
Reported engine
GE CT79B
People aboard
28
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total8,000 in this make and model
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: the take-off from pns was aborted when the crew experienced an unusual loud bang followed by a loss of engine torque on the left engine. The crew completed all required check list procedures and returned to the gate where the passengers were deplaned. Maint. Discovered that the left engine power turbine had failed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE TAKE-OFF FROM PNS WAS ABORTED WHEN THE CREW EXPERIENCED AN UNUSUAL LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF ENGINE TORQUE ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED CHECK LIST PROCEDURES AND RETURNED TO THE GATE WHERE THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED. MAINT. DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE POWER TURBINE HAD FAILED.