# Incident 19991112031569I: Saab SF340A, Pittsburgh, PA, November 12, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1999, 12:50 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N118CQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 1,400 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/19991112031569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 21, 1999, AT 1250E, N118CQ, A SF-340, S/M 340A-118, OPERATING AS CHQA FLIGHT #4297, ABORTED TAKEOFF AT PIT ON RUNWAY 28R. ON TAKEOFF, THE #1 ENGINE CONSTANT TQ FAILED TO CONTROL THE ENGINE TQ AND SPIKED.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE GATE WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE "CTAC" WAS DEFERRED PER THE MEL 76-10-01 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  LATER THAT NIGHT, THE "ECU" WAS REPLACED.  OP'S CHECKED AND THE MEL WAS CLEARED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  INVESTIGATION BY DESK AUDIT AND CLOSED.

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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