19971119038349I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Middletown, PA · November 19, 1997

Date: November 19, 1997 · 16:21 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N39MB
Reported as: Saab SF340A
Reported engine: GE CT75A2
People aboard: 10
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,300 total2,500 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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 November 19, 1997, at 1621 hours, a Saab 340A, registration number N39MB, registered to the mellon bank corporation, made a single engine landing at Harrisburg international airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The aircraft sustained no damage and there were no injuries. The flight originated in pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 19, 1997, at 1601. They were in cruise flight at FL 170 in the vicinity of the psb VORTAC when the number two engine surged several times. The crew noticed the oil pressure decreasing followed by high oil temperature. They secured the engine in accordance with the checklist and notified new york center of their problem. An un-eventful landing was then made at the Harrisburg international airport. Mellon bank maintenance reported that the cause was a failure of number five gas generator bearing.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 19, 1997, AT 1621 HOURS, A SAAB 340A, REGISTRATION NUMBER N39MB, REGISTERED TO THE MELLON BANK CORPORATION, MADE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA ON NOVEMBER 19, 1997, AT 1601. THEY WERE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL 170 IN THE VICINITY OF THE PSB VORTAC WHEN THE NUMBER TWO ENGINE SURGED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CREW NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE DECREASING FOLLOWED BY HIGH OIL TEMPERATURE. THEY SECURED THE ENGINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHECKLIST AND NOTIFIED NEW YORK CENTER OF THEIR PROBLEM. AN UN-EVENTFUL LANDING WAS THEN MADE AT THE HARRISBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MELLON BANK MAINTENANCE REPORTED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A FAILURE OF NUMBER FIVE GAS GENERATOR BEARING.