42.0442° N, 79.8539° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 18, 1991 · 12:12 local
Place
Erie, PA
Airport
Erie International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CHQA
Aircraft
N2718C
Reported as
Swrngn SA227AC
People aboard
8
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 from instrument panel. Precautionary landing. Replaced the directional gyro.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. REPLACED THE DIRECTIONAL GYRO.