# Incident 20050905025029I: Saab 340B, Albany, NY, September 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2005, 11:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242CJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242CJ-2013-07-23) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 1,440 in this make and model, 253 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050905025029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09/05/2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1130, FLIGHT CREW OF AIRCRAFT N242CJ, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI FROM MAINTENANCE RAMP AREA. IN DOING SO, AIRCRAFT LOST ALL HYDRAULIC POWER FOR STEERING AND BRAKING. AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO VEER TO THE LEFT DUE TO ONLY THE #2 ENGINE RUNNING. AT THIS POINT, AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON AN UNCONTROLLED LEFT DIRECTION, CREW TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO GAIN CONTROL AND ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN THE #2 ENGINE. N242CJ STRUCK THE LEFT NOSE SECTION OF AIRCRAFT N339CJ, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT NOSE DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT N339CJ WAS INSPECTED AND DETERMINED SERVICABLE BY MANUFACTURER FOR CONTINUED SERVICE LIMITED TO 500 FLIGHT HOURS, WHICH PERMANENT REPAIR WILL BE REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT N242CJ WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE DUE TO MORE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. NSVA MAINTENANCE MECHANICS AWAITING PERMANENT REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM MANUFACTURER.

## Other reports on N242CJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20051115029229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051115029229I), Nov 15, 2005: Saab 340B (N242CJ), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. (-23) At 0840E, N242CJ, an SF34, operated by colgan air, pulled off gate A19 when the left wing tip struck a company aircraft, N346CJ, an SF34, also parked at…

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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