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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER · Middletown, PA · May 16, 1985

Date: May 16, 1985 · 10:19 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: PCAA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N403CA
Reported as: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,875 total1,705 in this make and model128 in the last 90 days

N403CARegistration cancelled Oct 26, 1993 · Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTERS/N 598 Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke in cockpit from overhead panel. Vectors to airport. Screw in light socket shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT FROM OVERHEAD PANEL. VECTORS TO AIRPORT. SCREW IN LIGHT SOCKET SHORTED OUT.

Other reports on N403CA · 2

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

Incident 19800708060049IMiddletown, PAAfter takeoff, captain discovered that the nose wheel was stuck full left. Landed this way, with no problem.Jul 8, 1980 Incident 19800208020999IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Philadelphia, PAAircraft was moving out from blocks when left wing hit bottom of rudder of a parked aircraft.Feb 8, 1980 · Reported as Dhav DHC71