42.9956° N, 71.4548° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, NH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 12, 1987 · 21:00 local
Place
Manchester, NH
Airport
Manchester Airport-Grenier Indus
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CLTA
Aircraft
N72152
Reported as
Beech 1900
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total2,100 in this make and model207 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 due to smoke in the cockpit. Found a cabin vent blower motor had failed.
As the FAA filed it
DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FOUND A CABIN VENT BLOWER MOTOR HAD FAILED.