Incident · 1997-08-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-08-11
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B (N313AE)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The failure of the AC generator due to the failure of the anti-drive end bearing.
Source: NTSB case FTW97IA305Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.