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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Appleton, WI · April 11, 1996

Date: April 11, 1996 · 07:17 local
Place: Appleton, WI
Airport: Outagamie County Airport
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: REXA
Aircraft: N329PX
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 20
Fatal injuries: 0

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: after departing atw flight #5737 was approximately 15 miles west of atw when the master caution avionics smoke light along with a strong odor of an electrical fire. Crew declared an emergency and returned to atw. Aircraft landed safely. Maint. Removed and replaced the #2 vir 32, tav rt. Aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTING ATW FLIGHT #5737 WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES WEST OF ATW WHEN THE MASTER CAUTION AVIONICS SMOKE LIGHT ALONG WITH A STRONG ODOR OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO ATW. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. MAINT. REMOVED AND REPLACED THE #2 VIR 32, TAV RT. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.