# Incident 20070324004299I: Saab 340B, Charleston, WV, March 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2007, 06:19 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N436XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 7,350 in this make and model, 440 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070324004299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 0619 EST, THE PILOT OF MESABA AVIATION AIRLINES, MALA FLIGHT 3185, A SF-340B, FAILED TO REPORT THAT THE PROPELLER STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT DURING TAXI FOR DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 23 @ KCRW. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, MI, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND THE PILOT REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AFTER A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. CREW DID NOT REPORT PROP STRIKE TO CRW ATCT AND DEPARTED FOR KDTW. ATC INCIDENT NUMBER CRW-ATCT-102. CERTIFICATE HOLDER IS AN ASAP CARRIER. INCIDENT REPORTED TO POI FOR FOLLOW-UP ALONG WITH FAA ASAP COORDINATOR AND ERC COMMITTEE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS 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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