41.6834° N, 86.2500° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 5, 1990 · 09:30 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AWAA
Aircraft
N508AW
Reported as
Fokker F27MK500
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce DART5527R
People aboard
29
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,972 total740 in this make and model175 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
NR1 engine fire warning light on. Fired fire bottle. Precautionary landing. Replaced two faulty fireloops.
As the FAA filed it
NR1 ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON. FIRED FIRE BOTTLE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. REPLACED TWO FAULTY FIRELOOPS.