# Incident 19960911032949I: Beech B200, Springfield, IL, September 11, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1996, 18:50 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N991LL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N991LL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B300 (registry code 7150007, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B200
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A42
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,183 in this make and model, 127 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960911032949I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.