# Incident 19990223035629I: Emb EMB120ER, Santa Barbara, CA, February 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1999, 09:25 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N578SW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N578SW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990223035629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SKYWEST 90, A BRASILLIA E120, SANTA MARIA, CA, TO LAX, DIVERTED TO SANTA BARBARA, CA, BECAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE.  ARRIVED SANTA BARBARA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT 230925 PST.  SMX-LAX, DIVERTED TO SBA DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE.  CALLED MR. PHIL SHANNON, SKYWEST ST. GEOARGE MX, RE: THIS INCIDENT.  ACCORDING TO MR. SHANNON, LAX MECHANICS WERE FLOWN TO SBA WHERE A/C WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE "LOOSE CONNECTIONS IN THE LEADING EDGE" BLEED AIR DUCT.  THOSE CONNECTIONS WERE TIGHTENED, A/C WAS OPS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY.  CONVERSATION WITH MR. SHANNON CONTINUED WHERE HE SAID ON 4 MAR 99 THE SAME A/C, N578SW, EXPERIENCED A "DUCT LEAK" LIGHT ON, BUT NO FURTHER DETAILS WERE GIVEN OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT LAX MX WAS INVOLVED AND DISCREPANCY WAS SIGNED OFF AS CND (COULD NOT DUPLICATE) AFTER BLEED AIR SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED.  THE THIRD INCIDENT CONCERNING THIS A/C, N578SW, OCCURRED ON 9 MAR 99 WHEN ANOTHER "DUCT LEAK" LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SBA, THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AND A/C RETURNED TO SBA.  LAX MX WAS FLOWN TO SBA, WHERE DE-ICE PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY, REG WAS R&R'D, AND A/C FERRIED TO PSP FOR A COMPLETE CHECK OF THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM IN CLUDING THE DUCTS, DUCT CLAMPS, TEMP SENSORS, AND PRESS REG'S. SYSTEM INTEGRITY FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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