# Incident 19960319011739I: Bag ATP, South Bend, IN, March 19, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1996, 09:55 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: N860AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N860AW-1996-09-16) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PW126A
- People aboard: 32
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960319011739I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CHICAGO O'HARE (ORD) EN ROUTE TO CANTON AKRON (CAK) UFS, INC., D/B/A UNITED EXPRESS FLIGHT 5708 EXPERIENCED AN ILLUMINATED "CHECK HDG" LIGHT ON BOTH NAVIGATION DISPLAY UNITS. LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED WITH HEADING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS EXCEEDING SIXTY FIVE (65) DEGREES. AFTER CONSULTING WITH DISPATCH, DECISION WAS MADE TO DIVERT TO MICHIANA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER (SBN), SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. SBN WAS VFR AND ATC WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM AND TOLD THAT NO SPECIAL ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED. THE FLIGHT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AMONG THE TWO FLIGHT CREW, TWO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, AND TWENTY EIGHT PASSENGERS. THE CAPTAIN, MR. KEVIN R. MCKENZIE, AND THE FIRST OFFICER, MS. CINDY L. DEAN, BOTH POSSESS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATES, AIRPLANE MULTI-ENGINE LAND, WITH AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND COMMERCIAL PRIVILEGES. CAPT. MCKENZIE IS TYPE RATED IN THE BAE-ATP AND THE BE-1900, BOTH AT THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LEVEL. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CHICAGO O'HARE (OSRD) JUST A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE #1 MAGNETIC SENSOR UNIT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED AND A COMPASS SWING WAS PERFORMED. SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT #UF6A96310 WAS SUBMITTED REGARDING THIS MATTER. INCIDENT CLOSED 04/23/96.

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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