# Incident 19980122002479I: Aerosp ATR72202, Peoria, IL, January 22, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1998, 23:50 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- 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: N721TE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72202
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980122002479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 01/22/98, AT 2350 CST, TRANS STATES AIRLINES, INC., DBA TRANS WORLD EXPRESS (RAIA) FLIGHT 130 SAINT LOUIS AIRPORT, MO (STL) TO PEORIA AIRPORT, IL (PIA) THE AIRCRAFT N721TE, ATP-72, RH ENGINE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM GAVE AN ALERT TO THE FLIGHT CREW DURING LANDING AT PIA. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON RUNWAY 31R WHERE THE 10 PASSENGERS AND 4 CREWMEMBERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES FROM THIS INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AN ACTUAL FIRE OR FLAMES FROM THE RH ENGINE DURING OR AFTER THE LANDING. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT. ON 01/23/98, AN ON-THE-SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE FAA SPI/FSDO, REPRESENTATIVES FROM RAIA AND TELEPHONE COORDINATION WITH THE CHICAGO NTSB OFFICE AND RAIA'S FAA AIR CARRIER CERTIFICATE OFFICE, STL/CMO. THIS INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION CONFIRMED THERE WAS NO FIRE OR FIRE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE OR AIRCRAFT. THE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT'S APPROVED MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST (MEL) FOR THIS FLIGHT. DURING THE VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, A SMALL HOLE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE RH ENGINE'S EXHAUST TAIL PIPE FORWARD SECTION. THE ENGINE'S EXHAUST GASES AND HOT AIR FROM THE SMALL HOYE WAS DIRECTED STRAIGHT UP ONTO A SUPPORT FLANGE OF THE TAIL PIPE AND WAS CHANNELED TO A FIRE WARNING SYSTEM SENSOR. THERE WERE VISUAL SIGNS THAT THIS TAIL PIPE HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO AN INTERNAL FAILURE. ON 01/24/98, RAIA REPAIRED THE FIRE WARNING SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE RH ENGINE TAIL PIPE, THE AIRCRFT WAS RELEASED FOR A FAR PART 91 FLIGHT TO STL, RAIA FLIGHT LOF 541. DURING CRUISE CLIMB OUT OF PIA AT FLIGHT LEVEL 2.0 THERE WAS A REPEAT RH ENGINE COCKPIT FIRE WARNING INDICATION AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PIA. THIS FIRE WARNING INDICATION WAS REPORTED AS BEING CAUSED BY A DEFECTIVE FIRE WARNING SENSOR IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE SENSOR WAS REPORTED AS BEING REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PIA AND RETURNED TO STL WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS REPORTED UNDER SPI FSDO FAA I.D.: SPI1998005 ON FAA FORM 8020-23. A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) OF THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON N721TE WILL BE PROVIDED BY RAIA TO THE FAA AIR CARRIER CERTIFICATE OFFICE, STL/CMO.

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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