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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Springfield, MO · June 16, 1996

Date
June 16, 1996 · 13:22 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Springfield Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SIMA
Aircraft
N371AE
Reported as
Saab 340B
Reported engine
GE CT79B
People aboard
37
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: simmons airlines flight #654 enroute sgf-dfw experienced a compressor stall of #2 engine, accompanied with auto feather of #2 propeller, while flying at 2000 ft. the aircraft returned to sgf where it landed without further incident. Emergency equipment was on standby, no emergency evacuation of the cabin was required. Maintenance at sgf performed a boroscope inspection of #2 engine and discovered 2 blades missing and blade damage of the fifth stage compressor. All damage to the #2 engine was contained within the engine casing. The #2 engine was removed and replaced (p/n CT-7-9B) prior to returning the aircraft to service. This incident is considered closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: SIMMONS AIRLINES FLIGHT #654 ENROUTE SGF-DFW EXPERIENCED A COMPRESSOR STALL OF #2 ENGINE, ACCOMPANIED WITH AUTO FEATHER OF #2 PROPELLER, WHILE FLYING AT 2000 FT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SGF WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ON STANDBY, NO EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF THE CABIN WAS REQUIRED. MAINTENANCE AT SGF PERFORMED A BOROSCOPE INSPECTION OF #2 ENGINE AND DISCOVERED 2 BLADES MISSING AND BLADE DAMAGE OF THE FIFTH STAGE COMPRESSOR. ALL DAMAGE TO THE #2 ENGINE WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE ENGINE CASING. THE #2 ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED (P/N CT-7-9B) PRIOR TO RETURNING THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

Other reports on N371AE · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.