# Incident 20050717019179I: Saab SF340A, Binghamton, NY, July 17, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2005, 12:27 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UHLA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123XS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123XS-2007-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SF340A (registry code 7860100, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-sf340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- Reported engine: GE CT75A2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050717019179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1227 EDT, A SAAB SF-340, N123XS, OPERATED BY SHUTTLE AMERICA (UHLA), EXPERIENCED A #1 PROP RPM REDUCTION WHILE ON DEPARTURE FROM BINGHAMTON AIRPORT, BINGHAMTON, NY. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, SHUT DOWN ENGINE PER QRH AND RETURNED TO BINGHAMTON WITH ARFF STANDING BY ON THE FIELD. LANDING AND RETURN TO GATE WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM SHUTTLE AMERICA WERE SENT TO LOCATION, FOUND CONDITION CABLE TO #1 PCU HAD BROKEN. REPAIRED. AIRCRAFT RELEASED FOR SERVICE 7/18/05 AT 0730. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED AND ACTIVATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT, #7574, HAD ORIGINATED AT THE BINGHAMTON AIRPORT EARLIER THAT DATE, 7/17/05 AT 1220 LOCAL. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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