# Incident 19971119038349I: Saab SF340A, Middletown, PA, November 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1997, 16:21 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39MB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- Reported engine: GE CT75A2
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971119038349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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