# Incident 19960410018039I: Aerosp ATR72212, South Bend, IN, April 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1996, 21:20 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- 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: N260AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N260AE-2012-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (registry code 8680945, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 (registry code 52219, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- People aboard: 43
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total, 192 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960410018039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 11, 1996, 2120 LOCAL (0220 UTC) AN AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGHT 4127 (ATR-72/N260E) ENROUTE FROM ORD TO SBN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ON APPROACH TO SBN, DURING THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST, THE PIC NOTICED THE FLAP INDICATOR STOPPED AT 27 DEGREES WITH THE FLAP EXTENSION FLAG IN THE WINDOW. IMMEDIATELY THERE AFTER THE "FLAP UNLOCK" MASTER CAUTION ALERTED. A GO AROUND WAS PERFORMED, ALL APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST WERE COMPLETED AND A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY CREW STANDBY WAS MADE BY THE PIC. THE PIC THEN EXECUTED A REDUCED FLAP LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL RESET #1 AND #2 MULTIFUNCTION COMPUTERS AND PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE FLAP SYSTEM. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE DISCREPANCY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON A FUNCTIONAL CHECK FLIGHT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY 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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