# Incident 19970306007889I: Saab 340B, Pensacola, FL, March 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369PX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369PX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT71
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 3,600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970306007889I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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