# Incident 20000214001439I: Saab 340B, Los Angeles, CA, February 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2000, 08:10 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250AE-2010-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000214001439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 14, 2000, AT ABOUT 0810 AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 3101, A SAAB-340, TOOK OFF FROM LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LAX) TO SAN DIAGO WITH A CREW OF 3 AND 6 PASSENGERS.  DURING CLIMB OUT, THE RIGHT ENGINE OUTBOARD COWLING CAME LOOSE.  THIS WAS OBSERVED BY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND REPORTED TO THE COCKPIT CREW.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAX WHERE IT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AT THE GATE BY SIMA MECHANICS.  THE OUTBOARD FORWARD COWL LATCH WAS FOUND IN THE OPEN POSITION.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE LATCH AND IT OPERATED SATISFACTORILY.  THE COWL AFT LATCH WAS FOUND IN THE CLOSED POSITION BUT NOT ENGAGED IN THE PYLON ATTACH FITTING.  THE LATCH ALSO OPERATED SATISFACTORILY AND HAD NO DAMAGE.  DAMAGE TO THE COWL CONSISTED OF BENT AND TORN FRAMES AT THE AFT END OF THE COWL.  THE INBOARD COWL WAS ALSO BENT AT ITS MID POINTON TOP OF THE COWL.  INVESTIGATION INDICATES THE RIGHT COWL HAD NOT BEEN OPENED FOR 10 FLIGHTS PRECEDING THIS INCIDENT AND CAUSE OF THE COWL OPENING HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

## Other reports on N250AE (2)

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

- [Incident 19940227005369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940227005369I), Feb 27, 1994: Saab 340B (N250AE), Buffalo, NY. Low hydraulic pressure light on after takeoff. Rturned. Unable to duplicate problem. Aircraft returned to service.
- [Incident 19940226005379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940226005379I), Feb 26, 1994: Saab 340B (N250AE), Buffalo, NY. Elevator pitch trim synch warning light in flight. Landed safely at destination. Unable to duplicate problem.

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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