# Incident 19900418021009I: Beech A36, West Palm Beach, FL, April 18, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1990, 12:30 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900418021009I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DECLARED EMERGENCY. LANDED SAFELY. AIR CONDITIONER CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAD SEIZED IN FLIGHT.

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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