# Incident 19951017039799I: Cessna 340A, Salt Lake City, UT, October 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1995, 10:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6311X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6311X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 525 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951017039799I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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