# Incident 20161222022209I: Embraer BRASILIA, Terre Haute, IN, December 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2016, 09:30 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Terre Haute
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: KCQA
- Location: 39.4506° N, 87.3070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TERRE HAUTE RGNL (HUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4506&lon=-87.3070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124HL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124HL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER BRASILIA
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW118
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,950 total, 1,572 in this make and model, 251 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161222022209I

## Narrative

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

FREIGHT RUNNERS EMB-120 N124HL WAS REPOSITIONING PART 91 FROM KEVV TO KMKE ON 12/22/16. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 15,000 FT MSL, THE RIGHT ENGINE ROLLED BACK TO 40-50% TORQUE WITH PLA IN CLIMB POSITION. PIC ATTEMPTED DIAGNOSTICS, BUT TORQUE CONTINUED TO DECREASE. CREW PERFORMED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE SHUTDOWN, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KHUF. PIC RELATES THAT #2 HME HAD BEEN SERVICED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS WEEK.  MAINTENANCE CREWS AT KHUF WERE IN CONTACT WITH PRATT AND WHITNEY ENGINEERS.  THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.  AIRCRAFT WAS SIGNED OFF AND FLEW BACK TO KMKE UNEVENTFULLY. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.  THIS INCIDENT WAS SELF-REPORTED BY THE CARRIER.

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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