42.1013° N, 75.9094° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 23, 1990 · 09:40 local
Place
Binghamton, NY
Airport
Edwin A Link Field-Broome Cty
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HZMA
Aircraft
N6778R
Reported as
Beech 1900
People aboard
7
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.
Smoke in cockpit on descent. Landed without incident. Found avionics blower motor not working.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN COCKPIT ON DESCENT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND AVIONICS BLOWER MOTOR NOT WORKING.