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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Pensacola, FL · March 6, 1997

Date: March 6, 1997 · 17:00 local
Place: Pensacola, FL
Airport: Pensacola Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: REXA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N369PX
Reported as: Saab 340B
Reported engine: GE CT71
People aboard: 16
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,700 total3,600 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N369PXRegistered now · Saab-Scania SAAB 340BS/N 340B-295 Airframe modelSaab-Scania SAAB 340B Engine modelGE CT7-SER seriesTurbo-prop

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 3/6/97 a Saab 340 b a/c N369PX was on a takeoff roll when the flight crew heard a pop that sounded like a tire. At that point the a/c started pulling to the left, the pilot noticed oil pressure was dropping on #1 eng and itt was over 900 degrees. His flt attendant called from the back and stated there was smoke and visible flames from #1 eng. He decided to pull the bottle on #1 engine and then the second bottle. He then ordered an evacuation of the aircraft. After he was sure there was no danger of a fire spreading from #1 engine.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 3/6/97 A SAAB 340 B A/C N369PX WAS ON A TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN THE FLIGHT CREW HEARD A POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE A TIRE. AT THAT POINT THE A/C STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE WAS DROPPING ON #1 ENG AND ITT WAS OVER 900 DEGREES. HIS FLT ATTENDANT CALLED FROM THE BACK AND STATED THERE WAS SMOKE AND VISIBLE FLAMES FROM #1 ENG. HE DECIDED TO PULL THE BOTTLE ON #1 ENGINE AND THEN THE SECOND BOTTLE. HE THEN ORDERED AN EVACUATION OF THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER HE WAS SURE THERE WAS NO DANGER OF A FIRE SPREADING FROM #1 ENGINE.