# Incident 19960206004179I: Aerosp ATR72202, Springfield, IL, February 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1996, 06:24 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721TE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72202
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960206004179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 6, 1996, AT 0624 CST, AN ATR-72-202, N721TE, OPERATED BY TRANS STATES AIRLINES, INC., WAS ENROUTE TO ST. LOUIS FROM PEORIA WHEN AN ELECTRIC SMOKE INDICATION ON CCAS WAS NOTICED ACCOMPANIED BY SMOKE IN FORWARD CABIN AND FORWARD CARGO COMPARTMENTS. MR. RANDALL WAGNON, PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE FLIGHT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ATC AND ASKED FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND AT SPRINGFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DIVERTED TO SPRINGFIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. EMERGENCY WAS CALLED OUT BUT NOT USED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE CARRIER WITH THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS. MAINTENANCE DEFERRED LEFT PACK SYSTEM AND FERRIED THE AIRCRAFT TO ST. LOUIS. MAINTENANCE THEN REMOVED AND REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE DUE TO AN INTERNAL OIL LEAK WHICH WAS CAUSING THE OIL TO FIND ITS WAY TO THE LEFT PACK, CAUSING THE SMOKING CONDITIONS. GROUND RUNS AND OPERATIONAL CHECKS WERE PERFORMED, ALL GOOD. THE DMI WAS CLEARED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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