# Incident 19980929037049I: Saab 340B, Springfield, MO, September 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1998, 17:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 37.2153° N, 93.2982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2153&lon=-93.2982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980929037049I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIR CARRIER AMERICAN EAGLE, FLT #3590, SGF-DFW, WAS EVACUATED DUE TO SMOKE IN CABIN WHILE THE PLANE WAS STATIONARY AT GATE. PLANE WAS EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PROBLEM TO BE A FAULTY ACM. ACM WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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