# Incident 19970105008289I: Saab SF340A, Fayetteville, AR, January 5, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1997, 07:05 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106PX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 5,800 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970105008289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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