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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag ATP · Fort Wayne, IN · February 26, 1997

Date: February 26, 1997 · 17:15 local
Place: Fort Wayne, IN
Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: UF6A
Aircraft: N853AW
Reported as: Bag ATP
People aboard: 57
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,800 total2,000 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

N853AWRegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2000 · British Aerospace BAE ATPS/N 2022 Airframe modelBritish Aerospace BAE ATP

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 February 26, 1997, approximately one or two minutes after completing after take off check list, pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and declared an emergency to Fort Wayne tower. Aircraft landed on runway 14 and returned to gate. On February 17, 1997 aircraft departed Fort Wayne on a ferry flight and shortly after take off pilot requested landing instructions due to smoke in cockpit and landed on runway 5 without incident. Maintenance found oil in bleed air system on #1 engine. Engine is being removed for tear down inspection. Any corrective action will be dependent on results of engine tear down inspection.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 26, 1997, APPROXIMATELY ONE OR TWO MINUTES AFTER COMPLETING AFTER TAKE OFF CHECK LIST, PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO FORT WAYNE TOWER. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 14 AND RETURNED TO GATE. ON FEBRUARY 17, 1997 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FORT WAYNE ON A FERRY FLIGHT AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF PILOT REQUESTED LANDING INSTRUCTIONS DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 5 WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND OIL IN BLEED AIR SYSTEM ON #1 ENGINE. ENGINE IS BEING REMOVED FOR TEAR DOWN INSPECTION. ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE DEPENDENT ON RESULTS OF ENGINE TEAR DOWN INSPECTION.