# Incident 19951228045349I: Saab 340B, San Antonio, TX, December 28, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1995, 12:18 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WWMA
- Location: 29.5340° N, 98.4691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN ANTONIO INTL (SAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5340&lon=-98.4691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N359SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N359SB-2004-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-SER series (registry code 30031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951228045349I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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