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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Mobile, AL · February 5, 1994

Date: February 5, 1994 · 06:50 local
Place: Mobile, AL
Airport: Bates Field
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: REXA
Aircraft: N361PX
Reported as: Saab 340B
People aboard: 10
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,400 total1,800 in this make and model240 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.

Narrative: after takeoff crew got an avionic's light, notified ATC, declared an emergency and returned to Mobile, AL. After landing there was no indication of smoke, aircraft taxied to the gate with CFR following. Passengers were deplaned, firemen and a mechanic opened the avionic bay but did not see any indication of a fire. Mechanic found a faulty smoke detector in the avionic bay. Exchange avionic bay detector with the one in the lavatory, as permel. Aircraft continues on with flight.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKEOFF CREW GOT AN AVIONIC'S LIGHT, NOTIFIED ATC, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO MOBILE, AL. AFTER LANDING THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF SMOKE, AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE GATE WITH CFR FOLLOWING. PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED, FIREMEN AND A MECHANIC OPENED THE AVIONIC BAY BUT DID NOT SEE ANY INDICATION OF A FIRE. MECHANIC FOUND A FAULTY SMOKE DETECTOR IN THE AVIONIC BAY. EXCHANGE AVIONIC BAY DETECTOR WITH THE ONE IN THE LAVATORY, AS PERMEL. AIRCRAFT CONTINUES ON WITH FLIGHT.