19991121031919I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Elmira, NY · November 21, 1999

Date: November 21, 1999 · 12:20 local
Place: Elmira, NY
Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MALA
Aircraft: N445XJ
Reported as: Saab 340B
People aboard: 8
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.

(-23) On Sunday, November 21, 1999, at 1220 EDT, a Saab 340B, N445XJ, flight 3142, operated by mesaba aviation, during takeoff the flight crew experienced right engine oil pressure light illumination with the right engine oil pressure gauge indicating decreasing oil pressure. The aircraft returned to land on runway 24 at Elmira airport. The right engine was shut down as a precaution. Fire and rescue responded and there were no injuries. The mechanic found the oil line partially blocked with carbon. The instrument oil line was cleaned, the engine ground run satisfactory and the aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1999, AT 1220 EDT, A SAAB 340B, N445XJ, FLIGHT 3142, OPERATED BY MESABA AVIATION, DURING TAKEOFF THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATION WITH THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATING DECREASING OIL PRESSURE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24 AT ELMIRA AIRPORT. THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION. FIRE AND RESCUE RESPONDED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE OIL LINE PARTIALLY BLOCKED WITH CARBON. THE INSTRUMENT OIL LINE WAS CLEANED, THE ENGINE GROUND RUN SATISFACTORY AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.