# Incident 19960303008329I: Dorner DO328100, Eugene, OR, March 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1996, 16:40 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: QXEA
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N332PH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DORNER DO328100
- People aboard: 22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960303008329I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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