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Incident

FAA incident report · Lkheed 188C · Cold Bay, AK · January 6, 1995

Date: January 6, 1995 · 13:34 local
Place: Cold Bay, AK
Airport: Cold Bay
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: RAAA
Aircraft: N178RV
Reported as: Lkheed 188C
People aboard: 58
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.

Narrative: on jan. 6, 1995 - reeve aleutian (raaa) flight 183 departed anchorage, AK to sand point, AK. On descent to sandpoint the cockpit started to fill with smoke. The crew performed electrical fire procedures and cockpit smoke removal checklist. After smoke cleared the crew elected to divert to Cold Bay, AK. Due to better weather conditions. Electrical power from #1 engine was activated along with a hydraulic pump and a normal landing was made. On jan. 7, 1995 - maintenance found the electric cockpit heater shorted out. It was removed and replaced with a serviceable heater, tested and the aircraft returned to service. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JAN. 6, 1995 - REEVE ALEUTIAN (RAAA) FLIGHT 183 DEPARTED ANCHORAGE, AK TO SAND POINT, AK. ON DESCENT TO SANDPOINT THE COCKPIT STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE. THE CREW PERFORMED ELECTRICAL FIRE PROCEDURES AND COCKPIT SMOKE REMOVAL CHECKLIST. AFTER SMOKE CLEARED THE CREW ELECTED TO DIVERT TO COLD BAY, AK. DUE TO BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELECTRICAL POWER FROM #1 ENGINE WAS ACTIVATED ALONG WITH A HYDRAULIC PUMP AND A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE. ON JAN. 7, 1995 - MAINTENANCE FOUND THE ELECTRIC COCKPIT HEATER SHORTED OUT. IT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE HEATER, TESTED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. INCIDENT CLOSED.