Saab 340 - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

Between 1983 and 2011, there were 10 hull loss accidents involving the Saab 340 series aircraft, resulting in the deaths of 48 people.

• 21 February 1990. The undercarriage was accidentally retracted of a Crossair Saab 340A, on the apron at Zürich Airport. No fatalities, aircraft destroyed.

• 2 January 1993. Express Airlines Saab 340A crashed hard onto the runway at Chisholm-Hibbing Municipal Airport due to wing ice accretion. No fatalities, aircraft destroyed.

• 4 April 1994. KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 suffered engine problems, stalled and struck the ground while landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The aircraft broke apart on impact. 3 people were killed.

• 14 May 1997. Pilots of Regional Líneas Aéreas 340B landing at Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport were not aware of runway construction work. Aircraft plowed through trench, shearing off the undercarriage. No deaths.

• 19 March 1998. Formosa Airlines 340B crashed into the ocean 11 km off the city of Hsinchu in Taiwan, caused by electrical fault and disorientation of crew. 13 people killed.

• 10 January 2000. After taking off from Zürich Airport, Crossair Flight 498 banked steeply and entered a high-speed spiral dive, crashing into a field in Niederhasli. All 10 people on board killed.

• 21 March 2000. American Eagle Airlines 340B overshot the runway at Killeen Municipal Airport, crashing into a ditch. No fatalities.

• 6 September 2001. Aerolitoral Airlines 340B made an emergency belly landing in farmland after running out of fuel near the Las Palmas River, in Mexico. No fatalities. Aircraft written off and scrapped.

• 8 June 2005. Shuttle America 340A, operating as United Express Airlines reported undercarriage problems on approach to Washington Dulles International Airport. Undercarriage collapsed on landing, aircraft skidded off the runway, and onto grass. No fatalities, aircraft damaged beyond repair.

• 18 May 2011. Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 on route from Neuquén to Comodoro Rivadavia, a Saab 340A (LV-CEJ), crashed in Prahuaniyeu, Rio Negro Province, Argentina, causing 22 fatalities.