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Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp ATR72202 · Springfield, IL · June 19, 2003

Date
June 19, 2003 · 11:25 local
Place
Springfield, IL
Airport
Capital Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
RAIA
Aircraft
N721TE
Reported as
Aerosp ATR72202
People aboard
43
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total3,500 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) On June 19, 2003 while on a revenue flight from st. louis, MO to madison, WI, at about 9500 MSL and 25 NM north of the spi airport the flight crew got a oil pressure warning light for the #1 engine. The appropriately rated and qualified PIC went through the check list to verify low oil pressure and shut down the engine and verified the oil pressure warning was real and not an indication. The emergency check list was completed then the PIC declared an emergency with spi approach control and elected to turn back to the spi airport. The flight made an uneventful landing, taxied to the terminal and deplaned all passengers and crew.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JUNE 19, 2003 WHILE ON A REVENUE FLIGHT FROM ST. LOUIS, MO TO MADISON, WI, AT ABOUT 9500 MSL AND 25 NM NORTH OF THE SPI AIRPORT THE FLIGHT CREW GOT A OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT FOR THE #1 ENGINE. THE APPROPRIATELY RATED AND QUALIFIED PIC WENT THROUGH THE CHECK LIST TO VERIFY LOW OIL PRESSURE AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND VERIFIED THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING WAS REAL AND NOT AN INDICATION. THE EMERGENCY CHECK LIST WAS COMPLETED THEN THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH SPI APPROACH CONTROL AND ELECTED TO TURN BACK TO THE SPI AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, TAXIED TO THE TERMINAL AND DEPLANED ALL PASSENGERS AND CREW.