# Incident 20010909026909I: Saab 340B, South Bend, IN, September 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2001, 05:44 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CX7A
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N306CE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010909026909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/09/01 AT 1044Z/0544C, CHICAGO EXPRESS FLIGHT 3180, SF-340, DEPARTED SBN ENROUTE OT MIDWAY AIRPORT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY 4 MILES NORTH OF SBN AT 0910Z DUE TO NUMBER TWO ENGINE FAILURE. A/C RETURNED TO SBN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 09R AT 091958Z WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ON THE RUNWAY. SDR MUST BE RESUBMITTED TO CKDO WITHIN 24 HOURS OF INCIDENT.

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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