# Incident 19960420011059I: Beech 1900C, Omaha, NE, April 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1996, 08:14 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N163AM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960420011059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 20, AT 0804, A BEECH 1900C OPERATED BY AIR MIDWEST, INC. DEPARTED EPPLEY AIRFIELD, OMAHA, NE. DURING CLIMB OUT, SMOKE WAS OBSERVED IN THE COCKPIT, AND THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED AN ELECTRICAL SMELL. THE CREW DISCOVERED THE #1 RADIO STUCK IN TRANSMIT. THE CREW SHUT OFF THE GENERATOR ESSENTIAL BUS, AND THE SMOKE STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AT OMAHA, NE. THE CRASH, FIRE AND RESCUE TEAMS WERE NOTIFIED AT OMAHA, NE. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED TWO RELAYS P/N 503841121 STUCK IN THE AVIONICS PANEL. THE RELAYS WERE REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INCIDENT.

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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