# Incident 19940205004689I: Saab 340B, Mobile, AL, February 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1994, 06:50 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: REXA
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361PX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940205004689I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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