41.8030° N, 78.6400° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BRADFORD RGNL (BFD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 22, 1989 · 20:23 local
Place
Bradford, PA
Airport
Bradford Regional
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CHQA
Aircraft
N99CH
Reported as
Beech B99
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.
Breaker popped on climbout. Smoke from panel. Returned. Printed circuit board had shorted. A wheat bulb was smoking
As the FAA filed it
BREAKER POPPED ON CLIMBOUT. SMOKE FROM PANEL. RETURNED. PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAD SHORTED. A WHEAT BULB WAS SMOKING