# Incident 19971101038749I: Saab SF340A, Boston, MA, November 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1997, 22:01 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PLGA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N366BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N366BE-2004-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971101038749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT 4378 WAS ENROUTE FROM SYR TO BOS WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE DESCENDING THROUGH 14,000 FT 68 MI WEST OF BOS. FLIGHT ATTENDANT LISA PELKEY SUSTAINED A 6" CUT TO HER HEAD AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED A BACK STRAIN. ALL PASSENGERS WERE SEATED WITH SEAT BELTS ON DURING THE ENCOUNTER. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REQUESTED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MEET THE FLIGHT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND PASSENGER TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION AND RELEASED ON 11/02/97. FAA AIR TRAFFIC FACILITIES INVOLVED COORDINATING EMERGENCY. AMBULANCES MET AIRCRAFT TO ASSIST INJURED PERSONNEL.

## Other reports on N366BE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19940620021919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940620021919I), Jun 20, 1994: Saab 340B (N366BE), Albany, NY. Pop sound in cruise and vibration returned. Found NR1 propeller. Blade had shed deicer boot.

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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