# Incident 19980624040219I: Boeing 737301, South Bend, IN, June 24, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1998, 12:07 local time
- Place: South Bend, IN
- Airport: Michiana Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N346US-2004-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-301 (registry code 138447R, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56 series (registry code 13802, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737301
- Reported engine: GE CFM56*
- People aboard: 50
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980624040219I

## Narrative

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

(-5)DURING CLIMBOUT THE RIGHT ENGINE OVERHEAT ANNUNCIATION LIGHT CAME ON. FLIGHT CREW SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE I/A/W THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST AND LANDED BACK AT SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (SBN) WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  POST LANDING INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LOW TEMPERATURE LIMIT FOR THIS ANNUNICIATOR WAS SET TOO LOW PER STATEMENTS FROM MAINTENANCE.  NEW SENSOR WAS INSTALLED ON AIRCRAFT AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N346US (1)

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

- [Incident 19910911044709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910911044709I), Sep 11, 1991: Boeing 737301 (N346US), Boston, MA. On taxi for takeoff pilot braked aircraft and attendant fell and hurt back.

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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