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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 65-A90 · Austin, TX · April 30, 1988

Date
April 30, 1988 · 10:45 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Robert Mueller Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8180
Reported as
Beech 65A90
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total1,250 in this make and model100 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.

Heater emitting odor then smoke, was shut off. Returned, smoke cleared so continued. Shorted on governor switch.

As the FAA filed it

HEATER EMITTING ODOR THEN SMOKE, WAS SHUT OFF. RETURNED, SMOKE CLEARED SO CONTINUED. SHORTED ON GOVERNOR SWITCH.

Other reports on N8180 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.