# Incident 19891103065619I: Saab SF340A, Meridian, MS, November 3, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1989, 08:05 local time
- Place: Meridian, MS
- Airport: Key Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 32.3329° N, 88.7516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY FLD (MEI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3329&lon=-88.7516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320PX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB SF340A
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 604 in this make and model, 281 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891103065619I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DIVERTED FOR LANDING. EVACUATED. AVIONIC VENT FAN HAD OVERHEATED CAUSING SMOKE.

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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