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Date
June 4, 2008 · 15:44 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco International
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SWIA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N284YV
Reported as
EMB EMB120ER
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW118
People aboard
24
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,900 total2,900 in this make and model222 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Skywest flight 5473 climbing to 12,000 and had a torque out put-spike on the left engine. Shortly later the oil light indicating low engine oil pressure on the left engine came on. PIC shut down engine and declared an emergency and returned to sfo. A replacement engine was flown in the left engine replaced. Aircraft was returned to service.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) SKYWEST FLIGHT 5473 CLIMBING TO 12,000 AND HAD A TORQUE OUT PUT-SPIKE ON THE LEFT ENGINE. SHORTLY LATER THE OIL LIGHT INDICATING LOW ENGINE OIL PRESSURE ON THE LEFT ENGINE CAME ON. PIC SHUT DOWN ENGINE AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO SFO. A REPLACEMENT ENGINE WAS FLOWN IN THE LEFT ENGINE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.