# Incident 19890731043749I: Emb EMB120, St Louis, MO, July 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1989, 12:15 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Lambert-St Louis International
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124AM-1999-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120RT (registry code 3260202, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120rt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890731043749I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN AFTER 2 TAKEOFFS. FOUND RIGHT AIR CONDITIONER PACK WAS CROSS BLED AND A DEFECTIVE COOLING TURBINE.

## Other reports on N124AM (4)

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

- [Incident 19910804038549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910804038549I), Aug 4, 1991: Emb EMB120 (N124AM), Sioux City, IA. Unable to retract left gear after takeoff. Returned. Down lock pin was still installed.
- [Incident 19881101062769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881101062769I), Nov 1, 1988: Emb EMB120 (N124AM), Cedar Rapids, IA. Left bleed air warning light on. Emergency landing without incident. Light indicated a leak.
- [Incident 19880906054879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906054879I), Sep 6, 1988: Emb EMB120 (N124AM), St Louis, MO. Flaps did not retract completely after takeoff. Left outboard flap actuator replaced.
- [Incident 19880204011069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880204011069I), Feb 4, 1988: Emb EMB120 (N124AM), St Louis, MO. Nose gear did not indicate up and locked on climbout. Returned. Found nose strut covered with frozen slush.

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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