# Incident 19990817027329I: Gulstm 690A, Corpus Christi, TX, August 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1999, 12:50 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport: Corpus Christi International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7722° N, 97.5024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORPUS CHRISTI INTL (CRP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7722&lon=-97.5024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N38WA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N38WA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690A (registry code 7630515, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3315251K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990817027329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 17, 1999, MR. GARY JACKSON (PIC) OF N38WA, WAS DEPARTING CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXHIBITED A FIRE WARNING INDICATION. AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR LIGHT, OIL CHIP LIGHT, AND FIRE WARNING LIGHTS, ILLUMINATED.  A VISUAL OF THE LEFT ENGINE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO SMOKE EMITTING FROM THAT ENGINE.  MR. JACKSON STARTED TO COMMENCE A PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHEN THE SAME INDICATIONS AFFECTED THE RIGHT ENGINE.  MR. JACKSON NOTIFIED CRP ATC TO ADVISE THEM OF HIS SITUATION AND REQUEST AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, NO FIRES, AND NO INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TROUBLESHOT AND INSPECTED BY MR. RALPH GRIFFIN, AN FAA CERTIFICATED A+P MECHANIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED WHO FOUND A BLEED AIR LINE SEPARATED AT THE JOINT IN THE TAIL SECTION AFT OF THE AFT PRESSURE BULK HEAD.  THIS FAILED BLEED AIR LINE CAUSED EXCESSIVE HIGH TEMPERATURES TO DAMAGE AN ELECTRICAL WIRE BUNDLE, THUS CAUSING FALSE FIRE WARNIINGS AT THE ENGINES.  THE BLEED AIR LINE WAS REPLACED WITH THE CORRECT STAINLESS STEEL LINE AND WIRES REPAIRED AND ALL AFFECTED SYSTEMS TESTED.  NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES NOTED AND THE  AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS BY THE MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THAT THIS SIMILAR DISCREPANCY WAS DUPLICATED IN MEXICO AND REPAIRED PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING IMPORTED IN MAY 1999.  A M OR D WAS FILED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.  THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS MATTER CLOSED.  ASI ROBERT W. VAN LOON

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