# Incident 19871203075049I: Mtsbsi MU2B36A, Newport News, VA, December 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1987, 15:07 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Patrick Henry International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9NC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B36A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,904 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871203075049I

## Narrative

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

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

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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