# Incident 20000917038079I: Saab 340B, Rochester, NY, September 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2000, 20:05 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N433XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N433XJ-2021-07-14) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000917038079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2000 AT 2005 LOCAL, A MESABA AIRLINES SAAB 340B, D/B/A NORTHWEST AIRLINK, FLIGHT 2962, N433XJ, PERFORMED AN AIR TURN BACK DUE TO THE LOSS OF THE NUMBER 1 DC GENERATOR. CONTRACT MAINTENANCE, PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE, RESET THE GENERATOR AND ASSISTED THE CREW IN RUNNING THE AIRCRAFT. THE GENERATOR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N433XJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19981228044189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981228044189I), Dec 28, 1998: Saab 340B (N433XJ), Rockford, IL. (-5)On December 28, 1998, N433XJ, a Saab 340B, operated by mesaba airline (mala) experienced a smoke in the aft cargo bin indiction. The aircraft was…

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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