19880101003289I

Incident

FAA incident report · Swrngn SA227AC · Indianapolis, IN · January 1, 1988

Date
January 1, 1988 · 13:30 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NVEA
Aircraft
N190MA
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,750 total1,200 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.

Smoke in cockpit. Secured bleed air and smoke stopped. Improper crew operation of bleed air heat. Ducts overheated.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. SECURED BLEED AIR AND SMOKE STOPPED. IMPROPER CREW OPERATION OF BLEED AIR HEAT. DUCTS OVERHEATED.