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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech B200 · Springfield, IL · September 11, 1996

Date: September 11, 1996 · 18:50 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N991LL
Reported as: Beech B200
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A42
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total2,183 in this make and model127 in the last 90 days

N991LLRegistered now · Raytheon B300S/N FL-142 · Built 1996 Airframe modelRaytheon B300 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 09/11/96, at approximatelly 1850 CDT, N991LL landed at Springfield, IL airport (spi) with the left engine shut down. The flight was on an IFR flight plan from spi to meigs field, chicago. Approximately 15 minutes into the flight, the crew detected a fire warning on the left engine. The crew elected to shut down the engine and return to spi. The landing was made without further incident with no injuries to the crew or two passengers. This incident is closed. The firewalll flame detector, p/n 30-215-8, has a history of false indications. Maintenance personnel have replaced this detector with a new style detector for better reliability.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 09/11/96, AT APPROXIMATELLY 1850 CDT, N991LL LANDED AT SPRINGFIELD, IL AIRPORT (SPI) WITH THE LEFT ENGINE SHUT DOWN. THE FLIGHT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM SPI TO MEIGS FIELD, CHICAGO. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE CREW DETECTED A FIRE WARNING ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW ELECTED TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND RETURN TO SPI. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT WITH NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR TWO PASSENGERS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. THE FIREWALLL FLAME DETECTOR, P/N 30-215-8, HAS A HISTORY OF FALSE INDICATIONS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAVE REPLACED THIS DETECTOR WITH A NEW STYLE DETECTOR FOR BETTER RELIABILITY.