# NTSB Incident LAX97IA180
> **Saab-Scania AB (Saab) 340B** · 1997-05-13 · SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX97IA180
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07944
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 1997-05-13
- **Location:** SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.249809, -120.620056
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 21
- **Total aboard:** 21
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Saab-Scania AB (Saab)
- **Model:** 340B
- **Registration:** N313AE
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** —
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Compressor stalls of both engines due to in-service compressor contamination.  Factors in the compressor stall of the right engine were an atmospheric temperature inversion and a transient fuel flow condition produced when the constant thrust on takeoff (CTOT) system was disabled by the pilot's inadvertent movement of the right engine power lever during execution of the emergency procedure.

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