- Date
- July 17, 1991, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Peoria, IL
- Injuries
- 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N425TEAerospace ATR-42-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910717034359A
- Case key
- 15195
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Probable cause
Inadequate aircraft equipment component (failed bolt), and insufficient inspection standards pertaining to the failed bolt. A factor related to the accident is inaccurate maintenance record keeping relating to oil consumption.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft experienced a failure of the number 1 (left engine) and subsequent nacelle fire while on short final for landing. Pilot made uneventful landing, and conducted emergency evacuation on the runway. The captain fired both fire bottles before exiting the aircraft. Airport fire department extinguished the fire. Investigation revealed failure of the power turbine due to foreign object damage resulting from a failed turbine case bolt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N425TE
- Reported as
- Aerospace ATR-42-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 125
- Engine
- P&W PW-120-13S-63, 2,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Trans States Airlines, doing business as Trans World Express
- Registered owner
- Mcdonnell Douglas Finance Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 27, 1992 · 114 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PIA · Greater Peoria, runway 13, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,831 total · 2,390 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.