# Incident 20030815024069I: Aerosp ATR72, Bloomington-Nor, IL, August 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2003, 07:09 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: RAIA
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721TE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030815024069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ATR-72 FLIGHT NUMBER 5465 DEPARTED BLOOMINGTON, IL ENROUTE TO ST. LOUIS AT APPROXIMATELY 1202UTC. APPROXIMATELY 10 NM OUT OF BLOOMINGTON, IL THE ELECTRICAL SMOKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BLOOMINGTON, IL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM ST. LOUIS PERFORMED INSPECTIONS AND TESTS BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE MALFUNCTION ON THE GROUND. MAINTENANCE ENTRIES WERE MADE IN AIRCRAFT RECORDS AND REPORTS FILED. TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER WAS REQUESTED FOR SYSTEM INFORMATION. THE SYSTEM IS AN IONIZATION DETECTOR SYSTEM WOULD INDICATE SMOKE OR ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC COMPONENT OVERHEATED CONDITION AS IN A SHORT CIRCUIT OR FAILURE FROM OVER CURRENT OR EXCESSIVE HEAT.

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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