Saab 340
| Saab 340 | |
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 Saab 340 of Regional Express Airlines |
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| Type: | Regional airliner |
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| First flight: |
January 25, 1983 |
| Production time: |
1984 to 2005 |
| Number of pieces: |
459 |
The Saab 340 is a regional airliner jointly developed by Saab and Fairchild as SF340, which made its maiden flight in 1983 .
history
The aim of the developers was to design an aircraft that would be in the regional aircraft segment, but would be superior to the competition in terms of speed and comfort. On the basis of the available turboprop engines , an aircraft was developed that was similar in size to today's regional jets with jet engines .
After Fairchild had withdrew from the project in 1984, the development of Saab was in the Swedish Linköping continued alone and the name in Saab 340A changed. Components were manufactured and supplied in other European countries. In 1989, an improved version under the name was Saab 340 B put on the market. There are also the Saab 340AEW Erieye, a military reconnaissance aircraft, and the Saab 340 SAR . Production stopped in 2005.
The stretched version Saab 2000 was later developed from the Saab 340 .
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The Saab 340 is a low-wing aircraft that looks like a modern medium-haul aircraft from the outside. Instead of jet engines , the aircraft has turboprop engines with four-bladed propellers . It carries 30 to 39 passengers and is mainly used in the USA. The Saab 340 is equipped with a pressurized cabin .
Versions
- Saab Fairchild SF-340
- Saab 340A
- Saab 340B
- Saab 340B Plus
- Saab 340B plus SAR-200
- Saab 340QC
- Saab Tp 100 (military transporter)
- Saab S100E Argus (military reconnaissance vehicle for electronic reconnaissance )
- Saab 340AEW Erieye : military AWACS system at a price of around 100 million euros each. Has a radar with electronic beam swiveling, in which the 9 m long antenna made up of 192 transmit / receive modules ( Active Electronically Scanned Array ) is attached to the back of the machine. It is said to have a range of 350 km when detecting typical combat aircraft targets. The system will also be mounted on a Saab 2000 for Pakistan .
- Saab 340 MSA (Maritime Surveillance Aircraft): with radar system for marine surveillance
Civil users
Large Saab 340 fleets are operated by Regional Express (52), Mesaba Airlines (49) and Silver Airways (23).
In Germany, the Saab 340 was used by Air Bremen , Delta Air , Dauair , City-Air, OLT and OLT Express .
Military users
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Sweden : Flygvapnet
9 × (3 × TP 100, 2 × FSR 890, 2 × ASC 890 and 2 × FSR TP) -
Thailand : Royal Thai Air Force
2 × Saab 340B AEW-300 (one already delivered) -
United Arab Emirates : UAE Air Force
2 × Saab 340B AEW-300 (ordered November 2009)
Incidents
From the first flight in 1983 to September 2019 there were a total of 20 total losses of the Saab 340. In 4 fatal accidents, 48 people were killed. Examples:
- On April 4, 1994 crashed a Saab 340B of KLM Cityhopper ( air vehicle registration PH-KSH ) that a flight under a flight number of the KLM carried out, the go-around on the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from. The machine was on its way from Amsterdam to Cardiff when a control lamp for the engine oil pressure came on due to a short circuit. Even before the first officer consulted the checklist, the master brought the right engine to idle. After going through the checklist, it was decided to continue the flight, but the captain forgot to restart the shutdown engine. At an altitude of 17,000 feet, the machine's performance limit was reached and it stopped climbing. Since they suspected a defect, the pilots returned to Amsterdam. As the captain to a go- decided the machine rolled directly in front of the runway to the right and crashed. Three people were killed; 9 inmates were injured. The main reason was the misconduct of the pilots (see also KLM flight 433 ) .
- On January 10, 2000, a Saab 340 of the Swiss airline Crossair (HB-AKK) crashed shortly after taking off from Zurich. All ten occupants were killed (see also Crossair flight 498 ) .
- On May 18, 2011, a Saab 340 manned by 19 passengers, two pilots and a stewardess of the Argentine airline Sol Líneas Aéreas (LV-CEJ) crashed in the Argentine province of Río Negro . She was on a domestic flight from the city of Neuquén to Comodoro Rivadavia on the Atlantic. All occupants were killed in the crash (see also Sol Líneas Aéreas flight 5428 ) .
- On January 2, 2015, the pilots of a Saab 340B from the British Loganair (G-LGNL ) failed to keep the aircraft on the runway in strong crosswinds when it took off from Stornoway Airport ( Outer Hebrides , Scotland). Even after the machine had left the runway and raced over grass and a closed runway, the captain left the thrust levers at full throttle and only pulled them back after the nose gear had collapsed. The 29 occupants, 3 crew members and 26 passengers survived the total loss of the machine.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 3 |
| Passengers | 33-37 |
| length | 19.73 m |
| span | 21.44 m |
| height | 6.97 m |
| Takeoff mass | 12,925 kg |
| Empty weight | 8,530 kg |
| Top speed | 271 kt (502 km / h) |
| Service ceiling | 25,000 ft (7620 m) |
| Range | 1,730 km |
| Engines | General Electric CT7 -9A / 9B |
| propeller | Dowty Rotor or Hamilton Standard (3.35 m diameter) |
See also
- Embraer R-99A (EMB-145SA with the same Eriye radar as Saab 340AEW)
Web links
- EASA-TCDS-A.068 (PDF; 40 kB) - Type approval of the SAAB 340
Individual evidence
- ↑ Accident statistics Saab 340 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 16, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report Saab 340 PH-KSH , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 16, 2019.
- ↑ Accident report Saab 340 HB-AKK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 16, 2019.
- ^ Plane crash in Argentina - all 22 occupants dead. In: n-tv. May 19, 2011, accessed May 5, 2019 .
- ^ Accident report Saab 340 LV-CEJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 16, 2019.
- ^ Accident report Saab 340 G-LGNL , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 9, 2020.
- ↑ Saab 340A. In: Saab AB. Accessed May 5, 2019 .