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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Albany, NY · May 17, 1996

Date: May 17, 1996 · 11:20 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Albany County
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: PLGA
Aircraft: N743BA
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 9
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,100 total600 in this make and model195 in the last 90 days

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: while at 7000 cruise had both essential and main bus failure, left side. A/c en-route from lg. To btv, diverted to alb. Declared emergency, fire/rescue dispatched. Landed without incident. Aircraft taken to hangar for repairs. Maintenance found no power at left power distribution unit main bus studs. Power distribution unit replaced, operational check o.k. this incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE AT 7000 CRUISE HAD BOTH ESSENTIAL AND MAIN BUS FAILURE, LEFT SIDE. A/C EN-ROUTE FROM LG. TO BTV, DIVERTED TO ALB. DECLARED EMERGENCY, FIRE/RESCUE DISPATCHED. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT TAKEN TO HANGAR FOR REPAIRS. MAINTENANCE FOUND NO POWER AT LEFT POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT MAIN BUS STUDS. POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT REPLACED, OPERATIONAL CHECK O.K. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.