# Incident 20001211040529I: Saab 340B, Paso Robles, CA, December 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2000, 23:43 local time
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AEAA
- Location: 35.6729° N, 120.6271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PASO ROBLES MUNI (PRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6729&lon=-120.6271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245AE-2018-03-12) (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
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- Pilot flight hours: 6,251 total, 2,563 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001211040529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE AT 14,000" LEVEL CRUISE, THE FLIGHT HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE LEFT ENGINE TORQUE BEGAN TO DROP TOWARD ZERO.  THE PROPELLER DID NOT FEATHER SO MANUAL FEATHERING PROCEDURES WERE ATTEMPTED BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE CREW AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED.  AN INSPECTION OF THE LEFT ENGINE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A GEAR BOX FAILURE.

## Other reports on N245AE (2)

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

- [Incident 19930313008229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930313008229I), Mar 13, 1993: Saab 340B (N245AE), Rochester, NY. Malfunction of air data computer. Left side instruments unreliable. Landed safely. New computer installed.
- [Incident 19920831046929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920831046929I), Aug 31, 1992: Saab 340B (N245AE), Chattanooga, TN. Lost left engine power en route. Secured engine. Diverted. Found 4 inch crack in left propeller gear box.

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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