# Incident 19960328025009I: Beech 1900D, Little Rock, AR, March 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1996, 07:55 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62ZV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62ZV-2007-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,450 total, 3,440 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960328025009I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20000615021879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000615021879I), Jun 15, 2000: Beech 1900D (N62ZV), Kansas City, MO. (-23) On June 15, 2000, at approximately 1518 CDT, air midwest flight 1625, a Beechcraft 1900D, N62ZV, departed Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City,…
- [Incident 19990715019049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990715019049I), Jul 15, 1999: Beech 1900D (N62ZV), Kansas City, MO. (-5)On 7-15-1999, at 11:11 on the taxi way of Kansas City International the pilot amw 691 declared an emergency, requested crash trucks, and advised that the…
- [Incident 19990303013039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990303013039I), Mar 3, 1999: Beech 1900D (N62ZV), Kansas City, MO. Incident #CE99IACCOO36 involved air midwest flt 5690, a Beech 1900-D.at approximately 17:26 on 3-3-99, flt 5690, declared an emergency while landing at Kansas…
- [Incident 19980106004379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980106004379I), Jan 6, 1998: Beech 1900D (N62ZV), Ithaca, NY. Narrative: on Tuesday, January 6, 1998, a Beechcraft BE-1900-D, N62ZV, registered to mesa airlines, inc., experienced a hydraulic fluid low light and the…

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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