# Incident 19840224020479I: Rkwell NA26540, Meridian, MS, February 24, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1984, 08:40 local time
- Place: Meridian, MS
- Airport: Key Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3329° N, 88.7516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY FLD (MEI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3329&lon=-88.7516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78BC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26540
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 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/19840224020479I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DETERMINED THE CABIN OVERHEAD FLORESCENT HAD SHORTED CAUSING THE 10 AMP BREAKER TO TRIP.

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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