19970703028659I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Boston, MA · July 3, 1997

Date: July 3, 1997 · 21:40 local
Place: Boston, MA
Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PLGA
Aircraft: N365BE
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: business express, flight 390, declared an emergency due to an intermittent hot tail pipe. Alert 2 was activated. The aircraft landed Boston runway 27 at 2140 EDT, 7/3/97. The captain ordered the aircraft evacuated utilizing the cabin entrance door and the left over wing hatch. The passengers were transported to the terminal via bus. Maintenance determined the cause to be a damaged heat shield blanket causing a hot spot that triggered a false warning. The blanket was replaced and the discharged fire extinguishing components replaced.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: BUSINESS EXPRESS, FLIGHT 390, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO AN INTERMITTENT HOT TAIL PIPE. ALERT 2 WAS ACTIVATED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED BOSTON RUNWAY 27 AT 2140 EDT, 7/3/97. THE CAPTAIN ORDERED THE AIRCRAFT EVACUATED UTILIZING THE CABIN ENTRANCE DOOR AND THE LEFT OVER WING HATCH. THE PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE TERMINAL VIA BUS. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE A DAMAGED HEAT SHIELD BLANKET CAUSING A HOT SPOT THAT TRIGGERED A FALSE WARNING. THE BLANKET WAS REPLACED AND THE DISCHARGED FIRE EXTINGUISHING COMPONENTS REPLACED.