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Incident

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU2* · Charleston, WV · April 2, 1988

Date
April 2, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Charleston, WV
Airport
Yeagor
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
HBLQN
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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. Declared an emergency. Landed safely. Found pilot had mishandled the cabin heater control.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND PILOT HAD MISHANDLED THE CABIN HEATER CONTROL.