# Incident 20000826024089I: Saab 340B, Buffalo, NY, August 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2000, 23:32 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N238AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N238AE-2022-03-05) (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: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000826024089I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2000, AT 2332 LOCAL, A SIMMONS AIRLINES (D/B/A AMERICAN EAGLE), SAAB 340B, N138AE, FLIGHT 5073, REPORTED A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM INBOUND TO BUFFALO NIAGRA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BUF). AFTER LANDING, MAINTENANCE PINNED THE GEAR AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO A MAINTENANCE BASE IN ALBANY, NY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL BOX REPLACED, P/N D494-12-001.  THE GEAR WAS SWUNG AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N238AE (1)

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

- [Incident 19970213009209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970213009209I), Feb 13, 1997: Saab 340B (N238AE), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: EGF-885 did not comply with an ATC clearance and deviated from an assigned altitude. Pilot flying was the SIC. PIC and SIC were counseled, given…

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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