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FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Salt Lake City, UT · October 17, 1995

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Date
October 17, 1995 · 10:00 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6311X
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,100 total525 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days
N6311XRegistered now · Cessna 340AS/N 340A0482 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna 340AEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot reported smoke in the cockpit coming from the vent ducts during climb out from Salt Lake City. He notified departure control and returned to the airport for landing without incident. Smoke cleared the cockpit when the airconditioner was switched off, and the airport fire equipment followed the aircraft to the ramp. Million air inspected the aircraft and found the vent blower motor had failed, causing the smoke. Vent blower motor was replaced and malfunction/defect report issued by million air. This incident requires no further action.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COMING FROM THE VENT DUCTS DURING CLIMB OUT FROM SALT LAKE CITY. HE NOTIFIED DEPARTURE CONTROL AND RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. SMOKE CLEARED THE COCKPIT WHEN THE AIRCONDITIONER WAS SWITCHED OFF, AND THE AIRPORT FIRE EQUIPMENT FOLLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP. MILLION AIR INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE VENT BLOWER MOTOR HAD FAILED, CAUSING THE SMOKE. VENT BLOWER MOTOR WAS REPLACED AND MALFUNCTION/DEFECT REPORT ISSUED BY MILLION AIR. THIS INCIDENT REQUIRES NO FURTHER ACTION.