19951018045379I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR-72-212 · Fort Wayne, IN · October 18, 1995

Date
October 18, 1995 · 11:11 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
SIMA
Aircraft
N410AT
Reported as
Aerosp ATR72212
People aboard
54
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,500 in this make and model197 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.

Narrative: on October 18, 1995 simmons flight 4003 was enroute from chicago, IL (ord) to columbus, oh (cmh). During this flight the crew noticed the left engine torque value drop. They then noticed all left engine parameters were decreasing. The left generator light came on, followed by a low oil pressure light. The crew secured the engine, declared an emergency, and landed at Fort Wayne, IN (fwa) without further incident. Inspection of the secondary fuel nozzle revealed a split "o" ring. It was replaced i/a/w pratt and whitney 12-0140. An operations and leak check was performed. This action was reported to engineering. Upon receiving this report, engineering requested replacement of all the "o" rings.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 18, 1995 SIMMONS FLIGHT 4003 WAS ENROUTE FROM CHICAGO, IL (ORD) TO COLUMBUS, OH (CMH). DURING THIS FLIGHT THE CREW NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE TORQUE VALUE DROP. THEY THEN NOTICED ALL LEFT ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE DECREASING. THE LEFT GENERATOR LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY A LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT. THE CREW SECURED THE ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED AT FORT WAYNE, IN (FWA) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE SECONDARY FUEL NOZZLE REVEALED A SPLIT "O" RING. IT WAS REPLACED I/A/W PRATT AND WHITNEY 12-0140. AN OPERATIONS AND LEAK CHECK WAS PERFORMED. THIS ACTION WAS REPORTED TO ENGINEERING. UPON RECEIVING THIS REPORT, ENGINEERING REQUESTED REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE "O" RINGS.