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 March 28, 1996, at 0755 CST, a Beech 1900D, N62ZV, operated by mesa airlines, returned to Little Rock and landed due to smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft had taken off from Little Rock for a positioning flight to new orleans. While climbing through 10,000 feet, the smell of electrical smoke and a thin smoky mist was detected. Its source could not be determined in flight. There was no fire. Maintenance found two electrical wires shorted at the instrument lights dimming switch transistor.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 28, 1996, AT 0755 CST, A BEECH 1900D, N62ZV, OPERATED BY MESA AIRLINES, RETURNED TO LITTLE ROCK AND LANDED DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAKEN OFF FROM LITTLE ROCK FOR A POSITIONING FLIGHT TO NEW ORLEANS. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FEET, THE SMELL OF ELECTRICAL SMOKE AND A THIN SMOKY MIST WAS DETECTED. ITS SOURCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED IN FLIGHT. THERE WAS NO FIRE. MAINTENANCE FOUND TWO ELECTRICAL WIRES SHORTED AT THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS DIMMING SWITCH TRANSISTOR.
Other reports on N62ZV · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.