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Saab 2000

January 19, 2023

The Saab 2000 is a twin-engined high-speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab. It is designed to carry 50–58 passengers and cruise at a speed of 665 km/h (413 mph). Production took place in Linköping in southern Sweden. The Saab 2000 first flew in March 1992 and was certified in 1994. The last aircraft was delivered in April 1999, a total of 63 aircraft being built. By October 2022, 27 Saab 2000s were in airline and military service.[3]

Saab 2000
Darwin Airline Saab 2000 in Etihad Regional livery taking off at Düsseldorf Airport in 2014
Role Turboprop Regional airliner
Manufacturer Saab
First flight 26 March 1992
Introduction 30 August 1994[1]
Status In service
Produced 1992–1999
Number built 63[2]
Developed from Saab 340

Development and design

In December 1988, Saab decided to build a stretched derivative of its successful Saab 340 twin-turboprop regional airliner. The new aircraft was planned to meet a perceived demand for a high-speed 50-seat turboprop with good climb performance which could operate over short- and medium-range routes with similar block times to jet aircraft while retaining the efficiency provided by turboprop engines. The new airliner, called the Saab 2000, was formally launched in May 1989, with Saab already having firm orders for 46 aircraft and options for a further 147.[4] The aircraft was assembled at Saab's Linköping factory, with major subcontractors including CASA, who built the aircraft's wings, Short Brothers, who built the rear fuselage and Valmet who built the aircraft's tail surfaces.[5] The Saab 2000 first flew on 26 March 1992 and entered into scheduled airline service in September 1994, a few months after its certification by the Joint Aviation Authorities in March and the Federal Aviation Administration in April.[6][7]

The Saab 2000 has a 15% greater wingspan than the Saab 340,[4] and being 7.55 metres (24 ft 9 in) longer can carry up to 58 passengers in a high-density layout and 50 with a more comfortable 32 inches (81 cm) seat pitch.[6][4] The 2000 was the first commercial aircraft to use the Allison GMA 2100 turboprop engines, which are derated to 3,390 kW (4,550 shp) for the plane.[8] One engine was mounted on each wing, as in the 340, with the engines placed further from the fuselage than those of the 340 to reduce cabin noise.[4] The Dowty-Rotol propellers are 3.81 m (12.5 ft) in diameter, and they have a slow rotational speed of 1,100 rpm at takeoff and 950 rpm in cruise.[9] The aircraft was designed to operate at a maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.62.[10]

Operational history

 
Saab 2000 cockpit
 
Saab 2000 cabin

Sales of the Saab 2000 were fairly limited. The major initial customer was Crossair, a regional airline which had Swissair as a 56% shareholder.[citation needed] Crossair took delivery of 34 aircraft and retired the type in 2005.

Due to limited demand, Saab ceased production of the Saab 2000 in 1999, with the last aircraft being delivered to Crossair on 29 April of that year.[11] The primary reason for the low sales was the success of newly introduced regional jets such as the Bombardier CRJ and Embraer ERJ 145 family which provided better performance and passenger comfort for the same initial price.

General Motors (GM) operated several corporate-configured Saab 2000s[citation needed] and was in talks with new startup air carrier Pro Air to have this airline operate them in scheduled service as Pro Air Express in the U.S.; however, Pro Air then encountered financial difficulties and ceased all operations before the deal could be consummated.[citation needed] Air Marshall Islands also operated a Saab 2000 in the remote Micronesia island region of the Pacific Ocean.[citation needed]

Some smaller airlines, including Eastern Airways in the UK, have subsequently acquired 2000s at low cost and operated them on regional routes which experience lower passenger numbers as well on shuttle services in the U.K. for oil and gas personnel working in the North Sea.[citation needed]

In June 2006, Pakistan completed the purchase of six Saab 2000 turboprop aircraft to be equipped with the Saab-Ericsson ERIEYE Airborne Early Warning system. Revised in May 2007 due to renegotiation with the Government of Pakistan, only five aircraft will be delivered, four of which will be equipped with the Erieye system. On 3 April 2008, the first Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C was rolled out and presented to Pakistan Air Force officials during a ceremony in Sweden.[12]

By 2022 Freight Runners Express / ACE headquartered in Milwaukee, WI become the largest civilian operator of the 2000.

Variants

Operators

Current operators

 
NyxAir Saab 2000
 
Pakistan Air Force Saab 2000

As of October 2022, a total of 27 Saab 2000s remained in civilian and military service:[3]

Former operators

 
A former Polet Airlines Saab 2000
 
A former OLT Saab 2000

The following airlines formerly operated Saab 2000 aircraft in scheduled passenger service in the past:[13]

Specifications

Data from Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000[6]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 50–58 passengers / 5,900 kg (13,007 lb) payload
  • Length: 27.28 m (89 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 24.76 m (81 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 7.73 m (25 ft 4 in) [5]
  • Wing area: 55.7 m2 (600 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: root: NACA MS(1)-0316; tip: NACA MS(1)-0312[14]
  • Empty weight: 13,800 kg (30,424 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 22,800 kg (50,265 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Rolls-Royce AE 2100P turboprop engines, 3,096 kW (4,152 hp) each
  • Propellers: 6-bladed Dowty Propellers constant-speed composite fully feathering and reversible-pitch propellers

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 665 km/h (413 mph, 359 kn)
  • Range: 2,869 km (1,783 mi, 1,549 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 9,450 m (31,000 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 11.4 m/s (2,240 ft/min)

Avionics

  • Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics suite with integrated avionics processor (IAP)

Accidents and incidents

Between 1999 and 2019, there was 1 hull-loss accident involving Saab 2000 series aircraft, resulting in 1 fatality.

Accidents with fatalities

  • On 17 October 2019, PenAir Flight 3296 had a runway overrun while landing at Unalaska Airport in Alaska with 42 occupants on board: 1 person died and 9 were injured. The probable cause was the incorrect wiring of the wheel speed transducer harnesses on the left main landing gear during overhaul, causing the antiskid system to malfunction. Contributing factors were Saab's failing to consider and protect against human error during maintenance, in its design of the harness; the FAA’s lack of consideration of the RSA size, allowing the Saab 2000 to operate at the airport; and the flight crew willingness to land with a tailwind exceeding the airplane's limit due to their plan continuation bias, aggravated by PenAir's failure to apply its qualification policy which allowed the pilot to operate at a challenging airport with limited experience at the airport and in the craft.[15]

Other incidents

  • On 8 October 1999, while being taxied by two technicians, the aircraft named "Eir Viking" crashed into closed hangar doors at Arlanda airport in Sweden. The plane was damaged beyond repair.
  • On 10 July 2002, Crossair Flight 850, operated with a Saab 2000, was forced to make an emergency landing at Werneuchen Airfield, Germany, as a result of severe weather. One of the sixteen passengers on board suffered minor injuries. The aircraft, registered as HB-IZY, was damaged beyond economic repair when it hit an earth bank placed across the runway, the markings of which did not conform to standards.[16]
  • On 15 December 2014, Loganair Flight 6780 was struck by lightning while approaching Sumburgh Airport. The flight subsequently suffered from control difficulties and nosedived from 4000 feet to 1000 feet after the crew tried taking over the controls, but failed to notice that the autopilot was still engaged. The pilots then declared a mayday and returned to Aberdeen Airport. There were 33 occupants onboard and no injuries were reported. The subsequent investigation discovered that the planes' autopilot could not be overriden by pilot input, making it unique among all other aircraft in service.[17] [18]

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

  1. ^ "Delivery of first Saab 2000 to Crossair marks manufacturer milestone". Commuter Regional Airline News. Vol. 12, no. 35. 5 September 1994. p. 2. ISSN 1040-5402. Gale A15790640.
  2. ^ "World Airliner Census". Flight International, Volume 184, Number 5403, 13–19 August 2013, pp. 40–58.
  3. ^ a b "Lplanespotters.net". 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d Wheeler, Barry. "SAAB 2000: An exercise in growth and commonality" Air International, Volume 44, Number 2, February 1993. pp. 65–70. ISSN 0306-5634
  5. ^ a b Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0-7106-1066-1. pp. 351-356.
  6. ^ a b c Taylor, Michael J. H. Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000. London: Brassey's, 1999. ISBN 1-85753-245-7. pp 231–232.
  7. ^ Moxon, Julian. "Crossair is pleased with Saab 2000 in service". Flight International, Volume 146, Number 4443, 19–25 October 1994, p. 10. ISSN 0015-3710
  8. ^ Leyes, Richard A., II; Fleming, William A. (1999). The history of North American small gas turbine aircraft engines. Reston, VA: National Air and Space Museum and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). p. 589. ISBN 1-56347-332-1. OCLC 247550535.
  9. ^ George, Fred (March 1992). "Saab 2000: Fastest turboprop regional rolls out". Flying. Vol. 119, no. 3. p. 56. ISSN 0015-4806.
  10. ^ Leth, Siv; Samuelsson, Fredrik; Meijer, Staffan (2–4 June 1998). Propeller noise generation and its reduction on the Saab 2000 high-speed turboprop. AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference (4th ed.). pp. 457+. doi:10.2514/6.1998-2283.
  11. ^ . Flightglobal. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013.
  12. ^ Update, Defense. . Archived from the original on 23 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  13. ^ http://www.airliners.net, photos of Saab 2000 aircraft
  14. ^ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Runway Overrun, PenAir flight 3296". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Report: Crossair SB20 at Werneuchen on Jul 10th 2002, landed before runway and impacted earth wall". Avherald.com. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  17. ^ "Serious incident Saab 2000 G-LGNO, 15 Dec 2014". AviationSafetyNetwork. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Aircraft Accident Report 2/2016" (PDF). AAIB. Retrieved 19 May 2021.

Further reading

  • Bénichou, Michel (May 2019). "Saab 2000: comment rater une élection" [Saab 2000: How to Miss an Election]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (594): 58–66. ISSN 0757-4169.
  • Magnusson, Michael. Saab 340 & Saab 2000 – The Untold Story. Stockholm, Sweden: Aviatic Förlag, 2014. ISBN 978-9186642-051
  • Julian Moxon, Allan Winn, Simon Elliott and Douglas Barrie (11 December 1991). "More than a stretch - SAAB 2000 described". Flight International.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

External links

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The Saab 2000 is a twin engined high speed turboprop airliner built by Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab It is designed to carry 50 58 passengers and cruise at a speed of 665 km h 413 mph Production took place in Linkoping in southern Sweden The Saab 2000 first flew in March 1992 and was certified in 1994 The last aircraft was delivered in April 1999 a total of 63 aircraft being built By October 2022 27 Saab 2000s were in airline and military service 3 Saab 2000Darwin Airline Saab 2000 in Etihad Regional livery taking off at Dusseldorf Airport in 2014Role Turboprop Regional airlinerManufacturer SaabFirst flight 26 March 1992Introduction 30 August 1994 1 Status In serviceProduced 1992 1999Number built 63 2 Developed from Saab 340 Contents 1 Development and design 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 4 1 Current operators 4 2 Former operators 5 Specifications 6 Accidents and incidents 6 1 Accidents with fatalities 6 2 Other incidents 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksDevelopment and design EditIn December 1988 Saab decided to build a stretched derivative of its successful Saab 340 twin turboprop regional airliner The new aircraft was planned to meet a perceived demand for a high speed 50 seat turboprop with good climb performance which could operate over short and medium range routes with similar block times to jet aircraft while retaining the efficiency provided by turboprop engines The new airliner called the Saab 2000 was formally launched in May 1989 with Saab already having firm orders for 46 aircraft and options for a further 147 4 The aircraft was assembled at Saab s Linkoping factory with major subcontractors including CASA who built the aircraft s wings Short Brothers who built the rear fuselage and Valmet who built the aircraft s tail surfaces 5 The Saab 2000 first flew on 26 March 1992 and entered into scheduled airline service in September 1994 a few months after its certification by the Joint Aviation Authorities in March and the Federal Aviation Administration in April 6 7 The Saab 2000 has a 15 greater wingspan than the Saab 340 4 and being 7 55 metres 24 ft 9 in longer can carry up to 58 passengers in a high density layout and 50 with a more comfortable 32 inches 81 cm seat pitch 6 4 The 2000 was the first commercial aircraft to use the Allison GMA 2100 turboprop engines which are derated to 3 390 kW 4 550 shp for the plane 8 One engine was mounted on each wing as in the 340 with the engines placed further from the fuselage than those of the 340 to reduce cabin noise 4 The Dowty Rotol propellers are 3 81 m 12 5 ft in diameter and they have a slow rotational speed of 1 100 rpm at takeoff and 950 rpm in cruise 9 The aircraft was designed to operate at a maximum cruise speed of Mach 0 62 10 Operational history Edit Saab 2000 cockpit Saab 2000 cabin Sales of the Saab 2000 were fairly limited The major initial customer was Crossair a regional airline which had Swissair as a 56 shareholder citation needed Crossair took delivery of 34 aircraft and retired the type in 2005 Due to limited demand Saab ceased production of the Saab 2000 in 1999 with the last aircraft being delivered to Crossair on 29 April of that year 11 The primary reason for the low sales was the success of newly introduced regional jets such as the Bombardier CRJ and Embraer ERJ 145 family which provided better performance and passenger comfort for the same initial price General Motors GM operated several corporate configured Saab 2000s citation needed and was in talks with new startup air carrier Pro Air to have this airline operate them in scheduled service as Pro Air Express in the U S however Pro Air then encountered financial difficulties and ceased all operations before the deal could be consummated citation needed Air Marshall Islands also operated a Saab 2000 in the remote Micronesia island region of the Pacific Ocean citation needed Some smaller airlines including Eastern Airways in the UK have subsequently acquired 2000s at low cost and operated them on regional routes which experience lower passenger numbers as well on shuttle services in the U K for oil and gas personnel working in the North Sea citation needed In June 2006 Pakistan completed the purchase of six Saab 2000 turboprop aircraft to be equipped with the Saab Ericsson ERIEYE Airborne Early Warning system Revised in May 2007 due to renegotiation with the Government of Pakistan only five aircraft will be delivered four of which will be equipped with the Erieye system On 3 April 2008 the first Saab 2000 Erieye AEW amp C was rolled out and presented to Pakistan Air Force officials during a ceremony in Sweden 12 By 2022 Freight Runners Express ACE headquartered in Milwaukee WI become the largest civilian operator of the 2000 Variants EditSaab 2000 50 58 seat regional airliner Saab 2000FI Flight inspection aircraft for the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau two produced citation needed Saab 2000 AEW amp C Airborne early warning and control variant fitted with Erieye active electronically scanned array radar and associated mission systems Saab 2000 Airtracer SIGINT aircraft citation needed Saab 2000 MPA Maritime patrol aircraftOperators EditCurrent operators Edit NyxAir Saab 2000 Pakistan Air Force Saab 2000 As of October 2022 a total of 27 Saab 2000s remained in civilian and military service 3 Freight Runners Express ACE 6 Aleutian Airways 1 operated by Sterling Airways Meregrass 2 NyxAir 3 Pakistan Air Force 10 Royal Saudi Air Force 2 Saab Group 2 Sveaflyg 1 operated by Lipican Aer Swedish Aircraft Holdings 1 Wildcat Touring 1 Former operators Edit A former Polet Airlines Saab 2000 A former OLT Saab 2000 The following airlines formerly operated Saab 2000 aircraft in scheduled passenger service in the past 13 Adria Airways Switzerland Air France operated by CityJet and Regional Airlines Air Marshall Islands Braathens Regional Carpatair Crossair Deutsche BA Eastern Airways Flybe FlyLAL Golden Air Loganair Malmo Aviation Moldavian Airlines OLT Express Germany PGA Portugalia Airlines operated by OMNI Aviation PenAir Polet Airlines Scandinavian Airlines operated by Braathens Regional Scandinavian Commuter operated by Swelink SkyWork AirlinesSpecifications EditData from Brassey s World Aircraft amp Systems Directory 1999 2000 6 General characteristicsCrew 2 Capacity 50 58 passengers 5 900 kg 13 007 lb payload Length 27 28 m 89 ft 6 in Wingspan 24 76 m 81 ft 3 in Height 7 73 m 25 ft 4 in 5 Wing area 55 7 m2 600 sq ft Airfoil root NACA MS 1 0316 tip NACA MS 1 0312 14 Empty weight 13 800 kg 30 424 lb Max takeoff weight 22 800 kg 50 265 lb Powerplant 2 Rolls Royce AE 2100P turboprop engines 3 096 kW 4 152 hp each Propellers 6 bladed Dowty Propellers constant speed composite fully feathering and reversible pitch propellersPerformance Cruise speed 665 km h 413 mph 359 kn Range 2 869 km 1 783 mi 1 549 nmi Service ceiling 9 450 m 31 000 ft Rate of climb 11 4 m s 2 240 ft min Avionics Rockwell Collins Pro Line 4 avionics suite with integrated avionics processor IAP Accidents and incidents EditBetween 1999 and 2019 there was 1 hull loss accident involving Saab 2000 series aircraft resulting in 1 fatality Accidents with fatalities Edit On 17 October 2019 PenAir Flight 3296 had a runway overrun while landing at Unalaska Airport in Alaska with 42 occupants on board 1 person died and 9 were injured The probable cause was the incorrect wiring of the wheel speed transducer harnesses on the left main landing gear during overhaul causing the antiskid system to malfunction Contributing factors were Saab s failing to consider and protect against human error during maintenance in its design of the harness the FAA s lack of consideration of the RSA size allowing the Saab 2000 to operate at the airport and the flight crew willingness to land with a tailwind exceeding the airplane s limit due to their plan continuation bias aggravated by PenAir s failure to apply its qualification policy which allowed the pilot to operate at a challenging airport with limited experience at the airport and in the craft 15 Other incidents Edit This section contains information of unclear or questionable importance or relevance to the article s subject matter Please help improve this section by clarifying or removing indiscriminate details If importance cannot be established the section is likely to be moved to another article pseudo redirected or removed Find sources Saab 2000 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR Learn how and when to remove this template message On 8 October 1999 while being taxied by two technicians the aircraft named Eir Viking crashed into closed hangar doors at Arlanda airport in Sweden The plane was damaged beyond repair On 10 July 2002 Crossair Flight 850 operated with a Saab 2000 was forced to make an emergency landing at Werneuchen Airfield Germany as a result of severe weather One of the sixteen passengers on board suffered minor injuries The aircraft registered as HB IZY was damaged beyond economic repair when it hit an earth bank placed across the runway the markings of which did not conform to standards 16 On 15 December 2014 Loganair Flight 6780 was struck by lightning while approaching Sumburgh Airport The flight subsequently suffered from control difficulties and nosedived from 4000 feet to 1000 feet after the crew tried taking over the controls but failed to notice that the autopilot was still engaged The pilots then declared a mayday and returned to Aberdeen Airport There were 33 occupants onboard and no injuries were reported The subsequent investigation discovered that the planes autopilot could not be overriden by pilot input making it unique among all other aircraft in service 17 18 See also Edit Aviation portal Sweden portalRelated development Saab 340 CASA 3000Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era Antonov An 140 ATR 42 CASA IPTN CN 235 DHC 8 300 Fokker 50 IPTN N 250 Xian MA60 Xian MA600Related lists List of civil aircraftReferences Edit Delivery of first Saab 2000 to Crossair marks manufacturer milestone Commuter Regional Airline News Vol 12 no 35 5 September 1994 p 2 ISSN 1040 5402 Gale A15790640 World Airliner Census Flight International Volume 184 Number 5403 13 19 August 2013 pp 40 58 a b Lplanespotters net 9 October 2022 a b c d Wheeler Barry SAAB 2000 An exercise in growth and commonality Air International Volume 44 Number 2 February 1993 pp 65 70 ISSN 0306 5634 a b Lambert Mark Jane s All The World s Aircraft 1993 94 Coulsdon UK Jane s Data Division 1993 ISBN 0 7106 1066 1 pp 351 356 a b c Taylor Michael J H Brassey s World Aircraft amp Systems Directory 1999 2000 London Brassey s 1999 ISBN 1 85753 245 7 pp 231 232 Moxon Julian Crossair is pleased with Saab 2000 in service Flight International Volume 146 Number 4443 19 25 October 1994 p 10 ISSN 0015 3710 Leyes Richard A II Fleming William A 1999 The history of North American small gas turbine aircraft engines Reston VA National Air and Space Museum and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA p 589 ISBN 1 56347 332 1 OCLC 247550535 George Fred March 1992 Saab 2000 Fastest turboprop regional rolls out Flying Vol 119 no 3 p 56 ISSN 0015 4806 Leth Siv Samuelsson Fredrik Meijer Staffan 2 4 June 1998 Propeller noise generation and its reduction on the Saab 2000 high speed turboprop AIAA CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference 4th ed pp 457 doi 10 2514 6 1998 2283 Commercial Aircraft Directory Saab 2000 Flightglobal Archived from the original on 17 May 2013 Update Defense Saab Debut 2000 Special Mission Aircraft at Farnborough Archived from the original on 23 February 2009 Retrieved 1 July 2009 http www airliners net photos of Saab 2000 aircraft Lednicer David The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage m selig ae illinois edu Retrieved 16 April 2019 Runway Overrun PenAir flight 3296 National Transportation Safety Board Retrieved 3 December 2021 Report Crossair SB20 at Werneuchen on Jul 10th 2002 landed before runway and impacted earth wall Avherald com Retrieved 14 April 2013 Serious incident Saab 2000 G LGNO 15 Dec 2014 AviationSafetyNetwork Retrieved 13 April 2020 Aircraft Accident Report 2 2016 PDF AAIB Retrieved 19 May 2021 Further reading EditBenichou Michel May 2019 Saab 2000 comment rater une election Saab 2000 How to Miss an Election Le Fana de l Aviation in French 594 58 66 ISSN 0757 4169 Magnusson Michael Saab 340 amp Saab 2000 The Untold Story Stockholm Sweden Aviatic Forlag 2014 ISBN 978 9186642 051 Julian Moxon Allan Winn Simon Elliott and Douglas Barrie 11 December 1991 More than a stretch SAAB 2000 described Flight International a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a CS1 maint uses authors parameter link External links Edit Media related to Saab 2000 at Wikimedia Commons Saab Aircraft Leasing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Saab 2000 amp oldid 1134379263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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