# NTSB CHI69I0016: Fairchild FH-227, N4219, Champaign, IL, August 1, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1968
- Place: Champaign, IL · CHAMPAIGN, IL
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 30 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 15, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108106
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69I0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69I0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0014   68/8/1    CHAMPAIGN,ILL       FAIRCHILD FH-227    CR-  0  0  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 2059                    N4219               PX-  0  0 27                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - OZARK AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
        REMARKS- NO.2 ENG FAILED,CAUGHT ON FIRE. COMPRESSOR INTERSTAGE BEARING DISINTEGRATED. PLT LANDED SAFELY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4219](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4219-1981-02-19), registration cancelled 1981-02-19, S/N 526, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD FH-227
- Registry model: [Fairchild FH-227B](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-fh-227b) (registry code 3373046) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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