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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Boston, MA · June 9, 1996

Date: June 9, 1996 · 08:44 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PLGA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N343BE
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 12
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,750 total900 in this make and model228 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: en-route bgr-bos, aircraft experienced left ac generator failure. On short final approach into bos, during landing flare, the crew heard a sound and saw smoke coming from the left engine. Aircraft landed and stopped. Crew performed emergency shutdown procedures per checklist and discharged both fire bottles into the left engine. Crew performed emergency evacuation through right forward emergency door. There were no injuries and there was no smoke in the cabin. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: EN-ROUTE BGR-BOS, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LEFT AC GENERATOR FAILURE. ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH INTO BOS, DURING LANDING FLARE, THE CREW HEARD A SOUND AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND STOPPED. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES PER CHECKLIST AND DISCHARGED BOTH FIRE BOTTLES INTO THE LEFT ENGINE. CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY EVACUATION THROUGH RIGHT FORWARD EMERGENCY DOOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.