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Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR 72-212A · Toledo, OH · January 15, 1999

Date: January 15, 1999
Place: Toledo, OH
Airport: Toledo Express
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SIMA
Aircraft: N545AT
Reported as: Aerosp ATR72212A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,726 total150 in the last 90 days

N545ATRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2012 · Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72-212AS/N 545 · Built 1998 Airframe modelAerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72-212A Engine modelPratt & Whitney 127Turbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On a passenger carrying revenue flight, the flight crew started the number 2 engine with the engine inlet and exhaust plugs installed. The engine itt rose to 550 degrees and the engine nacelle overheat light illuminated before the start was aborted. A later examination by maintenance revealed no damage to the engine. The flight crew could not see the engine inlets from the flight deck and assumed that the ground crew would remove the plugs before giving them the signal to start either engine.

As the FAA filed it

ON A PASSENGER CARRYING REVENUE FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT CREW STARTED THE NUMBER 2 ENGINE WITH THE ENGINE INLET AND EXHAUST PLUGS INSTALLED. THE ENGINE ITT ROSE TO 550 DEGREES AND THE ENGINE NACELLE OVERHEAT LIGHT ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE START WAS ABORTED. A LATER EXAMINATION BY MAINTENANCE REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. THE FLIGHT CREW COULD NOT SEE THE ENGINE INLETS FROM THE FLIGHT DECK AND ASSUMED THAT THE GROUND CREW WOULD REMOVE THE PLUGS BEFORE GIVING THEM THE SIGNAL TO START EITHER ENGINE.