40.8500° N, 77.8476° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at STATE COLLEGE RGNL (UNV), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 10, 1981 · 08:30 local
Place
State College, PA
Airport
State College
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
PCAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29808
Reported as
Aerosp 262ANORD
People aboard
24
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,965 total1,410 in this make and model0 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.
Smoke appeared in cabin. Shut down cabin heat and continued. Found duct slipped down onto APU duct. Insulation burn
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE APPEARED IN CABIN. SHUT DOWN CABIN HEAT AND CONTINUED. FOUND DUCT SLIPPED DOWN ONTO APU DUCT. INSULATION BURN