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Incident

FAA incident report · Dorner DO328100 · Eugene, OR · March 3, 1996

Date: March 3, 1996 · 16:40 local
Place: Eugene, OR
Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: QXEA
Aircraft: N332PH
Reported as: Dorner DO328100
People aboard: 22
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,300 total1,300 in this make and model198 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: on Sunday March 3, 1996, horizon flight #2569, aircraft N332PH, a dornier D0-328 experienced smoke in the cockpit enroute from pdx to acv at 0040Z. The pilot describes declaring an emergency and landing at eug at 0110Z. Subsequent investigation shows that the flight guidance control head qx PN7-2210-3-0010 failed in flight. After the flight crew pulled the fgc circuit breaker, the smoke disipated. The aircraft was landed without further incident. The captains report date 3-5-96 is attached. This ends this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY MARCH 3, 1996, HORIZON FLIGHT #2569, AIRCRAFT N332PH, A DORNIER D0-328 EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT ENROUTE FROM PDX TO ACV AT 0040Z. THE PILOT DESCRIBES DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND LANDING AT EUG AT 0110Z. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THE FLIGHT GUIDANCE CONTROL HEAD QX PN7-2210-3-0010 FAILED IN FLIGHT. AFTER THE FLIGHT CREW PULLED THE FGC CIRCUIT BREAKER, THE SMOKE DISIPATED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CAPTAINS REPORT DATE 3-5-96 IS ATTACHED. THIS ENDS THIS REPORT.