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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Champaign-Urban, IL · February 9, 2005

Date
February 9, 2005 · 20:27 local
Place
Champaign-Urban, IL
Airport
University Of Illinois-Willar
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
MALA
Aircraft
N457XJ
Reported as
Saab 340B
Reported engine
GE CT79B
People aboard
18
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,545 total4,301 in this make and model205 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) privacy data omitted aircraft was on approach twenty miles out from cmi, when the crew heard a loud bang, followed by a left engine chip detector annunciation and left engine itt indication off scale high. Engine was secured, crew declared an emergency and the aircraft landed in cmi without incident. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TWENTY MILES OUT FROM CMI, WHEN THE CREW HEARD A LOUD BANG, FOLLOWED BY A LEFT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR ANNUNCIATION AND LEFT ENGINE ITT INDICATION OFF SCALE HIGH. ENGINE WAS SECURED, CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN CMI WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.