# Incident 20000721035139I: Cessna 340A, Pittsburgh, PA, July 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N43CQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,680 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 169 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000721035139I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 21, 2000, AT 1000E, A SF-340, S/N 340-043, REGISTERED AS N43CQ OPERATED BY CHQA FLIGHT #4356. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PIT DUE TO THE LEFT ENGINE BEING OVER TEMPERATURE AND A TORQUE DROP.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE LEFT ENGINE HP BLEED CLAMP WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE HP BLEED LINE.  THE CLAMP WAS FOUND IN THE COWLING WITH THE NUT MISSING AND DAMAGED THREADS.  THE NUT WAS FOUND UNDER THE PROPELLER SHAFT WITH THE THREADS STRIPPED.

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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