42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 18, 1990 · 19:20 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BQVA
Aircraft
N5083M
Reported as
Beech C90
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total500 in this make and model100 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 cabin. Descended and turned off heat and bleed air. Smoke quit. Precautionary landing. No defects found.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN CABIN. DESCENDED AND TURNED OFF HEAT AND BLEED AIR. SMOKE QUIT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. NO DEFECTS FOUND.