# Incident 20000427022329I: Aerosp ATR42300, Champaign-Urban, IL, April 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2000, 07:10 local time
- Place: Champaign-Urban, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willar
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223AT-2003-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-300 (registry code 8680920, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW120 (registry code 52114, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42300
- Reported engine: PWA PW120
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 35 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/20000427022329I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 4/27/2000, AT 0710 CDT, ATR42300, BEING OPERATED BY SIMMONS AIRLINES AS AMERICAN EAGLE FLIGTH 374, AS A REVENUE FLIGTH FROM CHAMPAIGN WILLARD AIRPORT TO CHICAGO O'HARA AIRPORT, EXPERIENCED A FIRE WARNING INDICATION FOR THE LEFT ENGINE JUST AFTER TAKOEOFF. FLIGHT CONDITIONS AT THE TIME WERE VFR.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND REDUCED POWER ON THE LEFT ENGINE, AND TURNED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  THE FIRE WARNING LIGHT THEN WENT OUT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED TO FEATHER THE PROPELLER AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND NOTIFIED THE TOWER HE WAS RETURNING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE TERMINAL.  46 PASSENGERS AND 3 CREW MEMBERS WERE DEPLANED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N223AT (1)

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

- [Accident 20010426010029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010426010029A), Apr 26, 2001: Aerosp ATR42300 (N223AT), Atlantic Ocean, FL. (.19)On April 26, 2001, about 1435 eastern daylight time, an aerospatiale atr 42-300, N223AT, registered to gpa atr ii, inc., operated by americal eagle…

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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