# Incident 19960226012749I: Bag ATP, South Bend, IN, February 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1996, 08:05 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N854AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N854AW-2004-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace BAE ATP (registry code 1500300, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-bae-atp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAG ATP
- Reported engine: PWA PW126A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 801 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960226012749I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKEOFF, THE LEFT ENGINE TORQUE DECREASED TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT. THE ENGINE INTER-TURBINE TEMPERATURE INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 777 DEGREES TO 795 DEGREES RAPIDLY. THE ENGINE N1 WAS OBSERVED AT 100.6 PERCENT AND RISING. THE CAPTAIN ELECTED TO REDUCE POWER ON LEFT ENGINE TO TEMPERATURES BELOW THE LIMITS. AT 14 DME MILES FROM FORT WAYNE, INDIANA (FWA), THE PILOT ADVISED THEIR COMPANY OF THE PROBLEM. A DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (SBN). ATC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (SBN) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N854AW (2)

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

- [Incident 19980318009309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980318009309I), Mar 18, 1998: Bag ATP (N854AW), Mosinee, WI, Minor damage. Narrative: united feeder service flight 716 batp, taxiing under the direction of the ground marshals damaged a wing tip on a construction trailer. The ramp had…
- [Incident 19910721033799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910721033799I), Jul 21, 1991: Bag ATP (N854AW), South Bend, IN. Unscheduled feathering of right engine propeller on takeof. Returned. Torque pressure sensor failed.

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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