# Incident 19850516029169I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, Middletown, PA, May 16, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1985, 10:19 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N403CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N403CA-1993-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6TWNOTTER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,875 total, 1,705 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/19850516029169I

## Narrative

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

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 19800708060049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708060049I), Jul 8, 1980: Dhav DHC6/ (N403CA), Middletown, PA. After takeoff, captain discovered that the nose wheel was stuck full left. Landed this way, with no problem.
- [Incident 19800208020999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800208020999I), Feb 8, 1980: Dhav DHC71 (N403CA), Philadelphia, PA. Aircraft was moving out from blocks when left wing hit bottom of rudder of a parked aircraft.

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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