# Incident 20190716011879I: Saab-Scania 2000, Anchorage, AK, July 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2019, 08:27 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N681PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N681PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania 2000 (registry code 7860200, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE2100SER (registry code 03027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae2100ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB-SCANIA 2000
- Reported engine: ALLISON AE2100SER
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190716011879I

## Narrative

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

07-16-19 AIRCRAFT N681PA OPERATED BY PENINSULA AVIATION SERVICES INC. (PNSA) FLIGHT NUMBER NLA2051 WAS OPERATING BETWEEN ANCHORAGE AK (ANC) AND DILLINGHAM AK (DLG) AT 28,000 FEET IN CRUSE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A DUAL ENGINE SURGE RESULTING IN BOTH ENGINE NOT FUNCTIONING FOR 100 SECONDS LEFT ENGINE RECOVERED TO FULL POWER RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT RECOVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ANC.

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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