# Incident 19980317009119I: Saab SF340A, Champaign-Urban, IL, March 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1998, 08:26 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CHQA
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40CQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980317009119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LEFT ENGINE TAIL PIPE HOT LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING CLIMB OUT FROM CMI. CREW SHUT DOWN LEFT ENGINE, DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO CMI. MAINTENANCE RE-RACKED THE W.E.U. (WARNING ELECTRONICS UNIT) SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL CHECKED NORMAL. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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