32.8198° N, 97.3624° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 31, 1992 · 15:30 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Fort Worth Meacham Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
DXTA
Aircraft
N151QS
Reported as
Cessna 500CESSNA
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,108 total2,600 in this make and model200 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 spread throughout cabin on descent. Found cockpit defog motor fan had overheated and burned out.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE SPREAD THROUGHOUT CABIN ON DESCENT. FOUND COCKPIT DEFOG MOTOR FAN HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNED OUT.