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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU2B36A · Newport News, VA · December 3, 1987

Date
December 3, 1987 · 15:07 local
Place
Newport News, VA
Airport
Patrick Henry International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9NC
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2B36A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,904 total4,000 in this make and model70 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.

Smoke in cockpit. Returned. Did not have air conditioning circuit breaker in. Caused ducting to overheat.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RETURNED. DID NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT BREAKER IN. CAUSED DUCTING TO OVERHEAT.