# Incident 20090108001819I: Aerosp ATR72212, Memphis, TN, January 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2009, 23:43 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N812FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (registry code 8680945, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR72212
- Reported engine: PWA PW127
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090108001819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 01/07/09 THE TECHNICIAN IN SPRINGFIELD, MO (SGF). CHANGED A NUMBER ONE ENGINE STARTER/GENERATOR AND PERFORMED AN OPERATIONAL TEST PER HIS SIGNOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SGF FOR MEMPHIS, TN. (MEM) ENROUTE THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN.  THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT MEM.  UPON TROUBLE SHOOTING THE OIL LEAK ON THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE "O-RING" SEAL ITEM 120 OF ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATOLOG ATA 24-32-60 PAGE 1, WAS DAMAGED CAUSING THE OIL LOSS AND LOW PRESSURE INDICATION.  THE O-RING WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE ON 01/08/09.

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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