# Incident 19971225044639I: Aerosp ATR42300, Peoria, IL, December 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 1997, 07:02 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144DD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N144DD-2018-01-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,825 total, 2,781 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971225044639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N144DD, AN ATR-42, DEPARTED PEORIA, IL FOR CHICAGO, IL. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTED THE MAIN CARGO DOOR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATE AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO PEORIA FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. DURING THE APPROACH SEGMENT OF FLIGHT INTO PEORIA, THE FLIGHT CREW PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION. IT WAS THEN OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE TO INDICATE THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD EXTENDED. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND EXECUTED A FLY-BY OF THE PEORIA ATCT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING A VISUAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE TOWER OPERATORS THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. N144DD THEN COMPLETED THE CONFIRMATION FROM THE TOWER OPERATORS THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS EXTENDED. N144DD THEN COMPLETED THE LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED CHAFED WIRING TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT MALFUNCTION AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED UPON INSPECTION OF THE CARGO DOOR WARNING SYSTEM. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N144DD (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900317015159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900317015159I), Mar 17, 1990: Aerosp ATR42300 (N144DD), New York, NY. Smoke and fumes in cabin on taxiway. Aircraft evacuated. Ground cooling fan failed and pack overheated.
- [Incident 19891201063949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891201063949I), Dec 1, 1989: Aerosp ATR42300 (N144DD), Albany, NY. Oil pressure warning NR1 engine. Shut down and returned. Found vent tube for NR6 and 7 bearings plugged with residue

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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