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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Indianapolis, IN · September 16, 1985

Date
September 16, 1985 · 17:20 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
COMA
Aircraft
N347CA
Reported as
Cessna 340A
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total250 in this make and model120 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.

Diverted after smoke warning light came on indicating smoke in cargo compartment. Found faulty detector.

As the FAA filed it

DIVERTED AFTER SMOKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING SMOKE IN CARGO COMPARTMENT. FOUND FAULTY DETECTOR.