| Date: | Tuesday 14 September 2021 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: | Saab 340B |
| Owner/operator: | Cranfield University |
| Registration: | G-NFLB |
| MSN: | 340B-456 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CT7-9B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | 6 nm east of the Isle of Islay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland -
United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK) |
| Destination airport: | Campbeltown-Machrihanish Airport (CAL/EGEC) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Following the intentional shutdown of the left engine for training purposes, the crew were unsuccessful in re-starting the left engine, owing to a failure of the right engine starter/generator. This resulted in the aircraft being in a one engine inoperative state on battery power only. The crew made a VOR approach to Campbeltown and landed safely about 40 minutes after the failure of the generator.
=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the AAIB Report "Failed Generator"
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Report number: | AAIB-27678 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 1 year |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6321ae6cd3bf7f33d9e82e2a/Saab_340B_G-NFLB_10-22.pdf 2.
https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-NFLB/990154 3.
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/485968/G-NFLB [photo]
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbeltown_Airport 5.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-nflb Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 13-Oct-2022 13:13 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
| 13-Oct-2022 13:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 13-Oct-2022 18:23 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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