# Incident 19990306026699I: Saab 340B, South Bend, IN, March 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1999, 12:35 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N414XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306026699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MESABA FLIGHT 2980 DEPARTED SBN ON MARCH 6, 1999 AT APPROX. 1235 EST, DESTINATION DTW. DURING CLIMB OUT, LEFT GENERATOR OVER HEATED AND FAILED, PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO SBN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  EMERGENCY EVACUATION TOOK PLACE AT GATE ON RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT BECAUSE OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF LEFT ENGINE.

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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