# Incident 20020406011689I: Saab 340B, Marquette, MI, April 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2002, 05:42 local time
- Place: Marquette, MI
- Airport: Sawyer International Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 46.5507° N, 87.3958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marquette, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5507&lon=-87.3958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430XJ (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/20020406011689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 04/06/02: ON DEPARTURE FROM SAW, MESABA N430XJ FLIGHT #3247, THE CREW REPORTED THE LEFT ENGINE MADE POPPING SOUNDS AND FLAMES WERE NOTED FROM EXHAUST. CREW PERFORMED ENGINE SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES & ALERTED CRASH, FIRE & RESCUE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE PAX DEPLANED AT THE TERMINAL SAFELY. MESABA AIRLINES MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER WAS DOWNLOADED. IT WAS DETERMINED THE LEFT ENGINE HAD "OVERTEMPED" DURING CLIMBOUT. ON-SITE MESABA MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE MONDAY 04/08/02. 04/26/02: DISCUSSED SPECIFIC ENGINE OVERTEMP CONDITION WITH MESABA POWERPLANT ENGINEER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A DE-ACCELLERATION STALL RESULTING IN THE OVERTEMP CONDITION LEADING TO THE SUBSEQUENT FAILURE.

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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