PenAir SB20 near King Salmon on Feb 7th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: February 9, 2019 / 17:56:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Penair

Flight number
AS-3298

Aircraft Registration
N687PA

Aircraft Type
SAAB 2000

ICAO Type Designator
SB20

A PenAir Saab 2000 on behalf of Alaska Airlines, registration N687PA performing flight AS-3298 from King Salmon,AK to Dutch Harbor,AK (USA) with 32 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL280 about 220nm southwest of King Salmon when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine (AE2100) down. The aircraft drifted down to FL200 and returned to King Salmon for a safe landing about 90 minutes after departure.

The next flight AS-3296, scheduled to fly to Dutch Harbor directly from Anchorage,AK (USA), was redirected to King Salmon to pick up the passengers of AS-3298 and reached Dutch Harbor. The passengers of AS-3298 reached Dutch Harbour with a delay of about 6 hours, the passengers of AS-3296 with a delay of about one hour.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 7, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Penair

Flight number
AS-3298

Aircraft Registration
N687PA

Aircraft Type
SAAB 2000

ICAO Type Designator
SB20

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