# Incident 20080324837649I: Saab 340B, Binghamton, NY, March 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2008
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Lin
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 42.2084° N, 75.9796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FLD (BGM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2084&lon=-75.9796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N249CJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N249CJ-2013-05-28) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080324837649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 24, 2008, A SAAB 340-B OPERATED BY NSVA AS FLT 6886 LANDED AT BGM.  THE OUTBOARD FIRST OFFICER, WHILE ACCOMPLISHING HIS WALK AROUND INSPECTION, DISCOVERED AN APPROXIMATELY 3 INCH WIDE HOLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE.  THE FIRST OFFICER (FO) FROM FLIGHT 6886 TOLD ME THAT WHILE THEY WERE DESCENDING INTO BGM AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET AND 200 KNOTS HE HEARD A THUD COMING FROM HIS RIGHT AND BEHIND HIM.  ALL AIRCRACT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL.  HE ASKED THE CAPTAIN IF HE HEARD THAT.  THE CAPTAIN SAID YES AND THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT (FA) PUTTING THE BEVERAGE CART AWAY.  THE LANDING WAS NORMAL AND THEY TAXIED TO PARKING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  AFTER THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED, THE FA ASKED THEM IF THEY HEARD THAT BANG ON DESCENT.  THEY STATED YES AND THAT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS HIM PUTTING THE CART AWAY.  AT THAT POINT, THE OUTBOUND FO (WHICH HAD JUST COMPLETED HIS WALK AROUND) CAME ONBOARD AND INFORMED THEM THAT THEY HAD A HOLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.  TWO NSVA MECHANICS ARRIVED FROM ABL AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOWED INTO A HANGER.  WHEN I LEFT THE AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE HAD GAINED ACCESS TO THE DAMAGE FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CABIN.  THERE WAS A HOLE THROUGH THE SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT NOT THROUGH THE SIDE PANEL.  NO PROJECTILE WAS FOUND AT THE DAMAGED AREA.  AFTER LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, I INSPECTED THE DAMAGE TO THE PROP.  AT THAT POINT I NOTICED TWO FASTENERS MISSING ON THE BOTTOM, AND ONE MORE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE "FIGURE 8 COWLING" (THE COWLING AROUND THE SPINNER AND INTAKE).  THE TWO AT THE BOTTOM APPEARED TO BE MISSING THEIR NUT PLATES.  THE FO STATED THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT AT IAD, MAINTENANCE HAD THE OUTBOARD COWLING OPEN ON THAT ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO ABL FOR REPAIRS.  THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N249CJ (1)

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

- [Incident 20120728015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120728015919I), Jul 28, 2012: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (N249CJ), Charleston, WV, Minor damage. 07/28/2012CHARLESTON airport, WV (crw): colgan air flight 3863, an SF34, had departed from washington-dulles airport, VA and landed uneventful at Charleston.…

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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