19990626015969I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Palm Springs, CA · June 26, 1999

Date
June 26, 1999 · 11:12 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Airport
Palm Springs Regional Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WWMA
Aircraft
N332AE
Reported as
Saab 340B
People aboard
34
Fatal injuries
0

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.

According to the pilot, he decided to abort takeoff. There was a discrepancy on actual outside temperature. This was imperative, because of calculation on the torque setting on the engines. (Temperature and the amount of weight on hte aircraft determined the torque setting). Actual temperature was achieved and torque was set properly. Aircraft proceeded to next destination. There is no corrective action planned at this time. This is due to the pilot recieving two different temperature readings and opting not to fly aircraft until correct temperature reading was given.

As the FAA filed it

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DECIDED TO ABORT TAKEOFF. THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY ON ACTUAL OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. THIS WAS IMPERATIVE, BECAUSE OF CALCULATION ON THE TORQUE SETTING ON THE ENGINES. (TEMPERATURE AND THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT ON HTE AIRCRAFT DETERMINED THE TORQUE SETTING). ACTUAL TEMPERATURE WAS ACHIEVED AND TORQUE WAS SET PROPERLY. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO NEXT DESTINATION. THERE IS NO CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANNED AT THIS TIME. THIS IS DUE TO THE PILOT RECIEVING TWO DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE READINGS AND OPTING NOT TO FLY AIRCRAFT UNTIL CORRECT TEMPERATURE READING WAS GIVEN.

Other reports on N332AE · 1

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