19951228045349I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · San Antonio, TX · December 28, 1995

Date
December 28, 1995 · 12:18 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
San Antonio International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WWMA
Aircraft
N359SB
Reported as
Saab 340B
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total600 in this make and model200 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: passenger heard sizzling sound behind over-head light. Smell of melted plastic became evident. Pilot diverted to San Antonio, Texas instead of proceeding to laredo from dfw. Inspection light socket found melted to sound proof upholstery. Disconnected wires and aircraft ferried to dfw for repair.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PASSENGER HEARD SIZZLING SOUND BEHIND OVER-HEAD LIGHT. SMELL OF MELTED PLASTIC BECAME EVIDENT. PILOT DIVERTED TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS INSTEAD OF PROCEEDING TO LAREDO FROM DFW. INSPECTION LIGHT SOCKET FOUND MELTED TO SOUND PROOF UPHOLSTERY. DISCONNECTED WIRES AND AIRCRAFT FERRIED TO DFW FOR REPAIR.