# Incident 19970226010469I: Bag ATP, Fort Wayne, IN, February 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1997, 17:15 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UF6A
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N853AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N853AW-2000-04-10) (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
- People aboard: 57
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970226010469I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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