# Incident 19950926046509I: Bag ATP, South Bend, IN, September 26, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1995, 19:40 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UF6A
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N852AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N852AW-2001-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE ATP (registry code 1500300, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-atp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG ATP
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950926046509I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1995, AT 1940 EST, UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 5116, A BAE-ATP-ATP, N852AW, REGISTERED TO AIR WISCONSIN, INC., AND OPERATED BY UFS, INC., D/B/A UNITED EXPRESS, EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER (TORQUE) ON THE #1 ENGINE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (SBN). AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE TORQUE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO POWER LEVER MOVEMENT THE CREW DECIDED TO SECURE THE #1 ENGINE AND RETURN TO LAND AT SOUTH BEND (SBN). THE LANDING AT SBN WAS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER IFR. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AMONG THE TWO FLIGHT CREW, TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND SEVEN PASSENGERS. THE CAPTAIN, MR. GARY W. STONE, AND THE FIRST OFFICER, MR. MARC A. LIVOLSI, BOTH POSSESS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATES, AIRPLANE MULTI-ENGINE LAND, WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND COMMERCIAL PRIVILEGES. CAPT. STONE IS TYPE RATED IN THE BAE-ATP AT THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LEVEL WHILE F.O. LIVOLSI HOLDS AN ATP TYPE RATING IN THE BOEING 737. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SBN JUST A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT, DATED 10/02/95 INDICATES THAT A FAULTY MECHANICAL FUELCONTROL ON THE #1 ENGINE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF TORQUE. THE FAULTY UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. INCIDENT CLOSED 02/09/96.

## Other reports on N852AW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930507034169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930507034169A), May 7, 1993: Bag ATP (N852AW), Green Bay, WI. Passenger boarding on integral airstairs/door lost balance and fell. Rushed to hospital. Broken knee cap.
- [Incident 19920108003949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920108003949I), Jan 8, 1992: Bag ATP (N852AW), Fort Wayne, IN. Experienced electronic blackout during static discharge. Shut NR2 engine down and landed at destination.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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