# Incident 19990115123459I: Aerosp ATR72212A, Toledo, OH, January 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1999
- Place: Toledo, OH
- Airport: Toledo Express
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 41.6639° N, 83.5552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Toledo, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6639&lon=-83.5552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N545AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N545AT-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Alenia ATR 72-212A (registry code 8680953, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-alenia-atr-72-212a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,726 total, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990115123459I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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