# Incident 19850328019539I: Beech STC18BEECH, Ypsilanti, MI, March 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1985, 10:15 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CKSA
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N408TH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N408TH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH STC18BEECH
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331101B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,946 total, 900 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850328019539I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED FOR LANDING. NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE FOUND.

## Other reports on N408TH (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911202058049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911202058049I), Dec 2, 1991: Beech E18S (N408TH), Martinsburg, WV. Right engine flamed out vectored by ATC to Martinsburg. Landed safely. Found contaminated fuel.

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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