19970105008289I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Fayetteville, AR · January 5, 1997

Date: January 5, 1997 · 07:05 local
Place: Fayetteville, AR
Airport: Drake Fld
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: REXA
Aircraft: N106PX
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 14
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total5,800 in this make and model240 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: on January 5, 1997, at 0705 CDT, a Saab, SF-340A, n 106PX, operated by express airlines I, inc., sustained a hydraulic system failure during climbout after take off, while engaged in a 14 CFR 121 flight. The air transport rated pilot elected to return to departure point and executed an emergency landing. No injuries were sustained by the crew or passengers, and no damage occurred to the aircraft. Visual inspection revealed a broken hydraulic swivel fitting, p/n L387105A, S/N1776, on right main landing gear, was broken, causing loss of hydraulic system fluid. SDR submitted. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 5, 1997, AT 0705 CDT, A SAAB, SF-340A, N 106PX, OPERATED BY EXPRESS AIRLINES I, INC., SUSTAINED A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE DURING CLIMBOUT AFTER TAKE OFF, WHILE ENGAGED IN A 14 CFR 121 FLIGHT. THE AIR TRANSPORT RATED PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO DEPARTURE POINT AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE CREW OR PASSENGERS, AND NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN HYDRAULIC SWIVEL FITTING, P/N L387105A, S/N1776, ON RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WAS BROKEN, CAUSING LOSS OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FLUID. SDR SUBMITTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.