# Incident 20000417001779I: Saab SF340A, Pittsburgh, PA, April 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2000, 11:50 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N146CQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- Reported engine: GE CT7TP*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 850 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000417001779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/17/00, CHQA FLIGHT #4210 ENROUTE FROM FT. WAYNE, IN (FWA) TO PITTSBURGH, PA (PIT) WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS STANDING BY ON RUNWAY 10 LEFT. A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED BY CONTACTING THE GROUND.  PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FRONT RIGHT EMERGENCY EXIT.  ONE PASSENGER CUT HIS HAND WHILE HE EXITED THE AIRPLANE.  SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.  (SEE ATTACHED NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTAIN AND CO-PILOT).

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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