30.5329° N, 91.1499° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BATON ROUGE METRO, RYAN FLD (BTR), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
July 12, 1993 · 12:30 local
Place
Baton Rouge, LA
Airport
Baton Rouge Metro, Ryan Field
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
YRPA
Aircraft
N17545
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total2,000 in this make and model90 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 and smell from radio on instrument panel. Landed safely. Smoke caused by a shorted out transistor.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE AND SMELL FROM RADIO ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. LANDED SAFELY. SMOKE CAUSED BY A SHORTED OUT TRANSISTOR.