# Incident 20011018029479I: Saab 340B, Boston, MA, October 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2001, 06:53 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N244AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244AE-2018-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011018029479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 4726, SF-340-340B, WHILE PARKED AT GATE 24 BOSTON, AT TERMINAL B, AT 0653 EDT, ON 10/18/01, WAS HIT BY A SMALL AMERICAN EALGE PASSENGER BUS (METRO TRANS). THE BUSSES ARE OWNED BY AMERICAN EAGLE, BUT DRIVEN BY ARGENBRIGHT SECURITY COMPANY BUS DRIVERS. THE LEFT NAVIGATION CLEAR LENS COVER ON THE LEFT WING TIP WAS SHATTERED. THE BUSSES RIGHT OUTSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR APPARENTLY HIT THE LEFT NAVIGATION CLEAR LENS COVER. THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE ACTUAL WING TIP. FIFTEEN PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED, NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SCHEDULED TO DEPART FOR WHITE PLAINS BY. AT 0700 EDT. BOSTON AMERICAN EAGLE MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE LEFT WING TIP AND LENS ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N244AE (2)

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

- [Incident 19981201042629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981201042629I), Dec 1, 1998: Saab 340B (N244AE), New York, NY, Substantial damage. (-5)On 12/01/98, aircraft N244AE, a sabb-340B, type aircraft had undergone overnight maintenance. Maintenance consisted of a left hand main gear and inner…
- [Incident 19980702029419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702029419I), Jul 2, 1998: Saab 340B (N244AE), Rochester, NY. On Thursday, July 2, 1998, at 1239 EDT, a Saab 340, N244AE, flight 4902, operated by American eagle airlines, after climbing through 6700 feet the flightcrew…

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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