# Incident 19960111003089I: Aerosp ATR42300, Peoria, IL, January 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1996, 21:38 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N426TE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- Reported engine: PWA PW120
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,634 total, 275 in this make and model, 238 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960111003089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 11, 1996, AT 2138 CDT, AN ATR-42, N426TE, OPERATED BY TRANS STATES AIRLINES, INC., WAS ENROUTE TO MKE FROM STL WHEN, DURING CRUISE, THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO DROP. MR. JAMES PITCUAGE, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THIS FLIGHT, INITIATED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. HE CONTACTED ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ATC CLEARED N426TE FOR LANDING AT PIA, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO REQUESTED AND DISPATCHED. A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE CARRIER WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL PRESSURE MANIFOLD LINE CRACKED. THEY REFLARED LINE AT OIL PRESSURE MANIFOLD BLOCK, PERFORMED GROUND RUNS, THE OPERATIONAL AND LEAK CHECKS WERE GOOD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. MFG. PART NUMBER S7931000600000. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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