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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Little Rock, AR · November 21, 1996

Date: November 21, 1996 · 12:03 local
Place: Little Rock, AR
Airport: Adams Field
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: REXA
Aircraft: N403BH
Reported as: Saab 340B
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 November 21, 1996, northwest airlink (dba), flagship 301, Saab 340A, N403BH, aircraft diverted to Little Rock as a precautionary safety measure due to a slight fluctuating in oil pressure from the right engine. Maintenance inspected aircraft and found no other discrepancies, aircraft was placed on engine monitoring and then released because the problem could not be duplicated. The above aircraft then departed for memphis at 14:15.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 21, 1996, NORTHWEST AIRLINK (DBA), FLAGSHIP 301, SAAB 340A, N403BH, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO LITTLE ROCK AS A PRECAUTIONARY SAFETY MEASURE DUE TO A SLIGHT FLUCTUATING IN OIL PRESSURE FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES, AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON ENGINE MONITORING AND THEN RELEASED BECAUSE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE ABOVE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED FOR MEMPHIS AT 14:15.