42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 27, 1990 · 00:15 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Aircraft
CFJTJ
Reported as
Swrngn SA226T
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 in this make and model180 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.
Smoke in cockpit on takeoff. Declared emergency. Turned off bleed air system. Smoke cleared. Returned.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN COCKPIT ON TAKEOFF. DECLARED EMERGENCY. TURNED OFF BLEED AIR SYSTEM. SMOKE CLEARED. RETURNED.