# Incident 19981201042629I: Saab 340B, New York, NY, December 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1998, 05:00 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244AE-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT7TP*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201042629I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 12/01/98, AIRCRAFT N244AE, A SABB-340B, TYPE AIRCRAFT HAD UNDERGONE OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE. MAINTENANCE CONSISTED OF A LEFT HAND MAIN GEAR AND INNER STRUT ASSEMBLY CHANGE.  DURING MAINTENANCE TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF THE LEFT HAND STRUT ASSEMBLY, THE GEAR RETRACTION HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE UP POSITION AND HYDRAULIC HAND PUMP PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO BREAK LEFT HAND GEAR ASSEMBLY OVER CENTER, THIS WOULD ALLOW GEAR TO RETRACT OVER CENTER TO REMOVE INNER STRUT AS ONE ASSEMBLY.  AFTER THE GEAR RETRACTION HANDLE WS POSITIONED IN THE UP POSITION AND GEAR WAS POSITIONED OVER THE CENTER, GEAR HANDLE WAS NOT TAGGED OR REPOSITIONED IN THE DOWN POSITION BY THE AMERICAN EAGLE MAINTENANCE/INSPECTION PERSONNEL.  UPON COMPLETION OF THE LEFT HAND STRUT ASSEMBLY CHANGE, NO MAIN GEAR PIN WERE INSTALLED IN BOTH MAIN GEAR, ONLY NOSE GEAR PIN WAS INSTALLED.  AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM JACKS AND TOW BAR INSTALLED TO POSITION AIRCRAFT ON RAMP.  DURING POSITIONING OF AIRCRAFT ON RAMP, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FAILED TO REVIEW COCKPIT CHECKLIST, AND APPLIED HYDRAULIC POWER TO SET AIRCRAFT BRAKES.  UPON APPLICATION OF HYDRAULIC POWER WITH THE GEAR RETRACTION HANDLE STILL IN THE UP POSITION.  ALL THREE(3) GEAR RETRACTED, CAUSING PERSONAL AND AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N244AE (2)

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

- [Incident 20011018029479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018029479I), Oct 18, 2001: Saab 340B (N244AE), Boston, MA, Minor damage. (-23) American eagle flight 4726, SF-340-340B, while parked at gate 24 Boston, at terminal b, at 0653 EDT, on 10/18/01, was hit by a small American ealge…
- [Incident 19980702029419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702029419I), Jul 2, 1998: Saab 340B (N244AE), Rochester, NY. On Thursday, July 2, 1998, at 1239 EDT, a Saab 340, N244AE, flight 4902, operated by American eagle airlines, after climbing through 6700 feet the flightcrew…

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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