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Incident

FAA incident report · Saab SF340A · Albany, NY · June 20, 1996

Date: June 20, 1996 · 19:53 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Albany County
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: PLGA
Aircraft: N349BE
Reported as: Saab SF340A
People aboard: 26
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: approximately forty miles out en-route to alb, pilot turned on weather radar. Approximately 2-3 minutes later, pilot smelled smoke in the cockpit. Crew followed emergency procedures and landed without incident on rwy 1 at alb. After pulling on to taxiway, passengers were evacuated as a precautionary measure. Maintenance found the low mode resistor for the left windshield wiper shorted and burnt. Maintenance replaced resistor, left windshield wiper motor, and gearbox. This matter is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: APPROXIMATELY FORTY MILES OUT EN-ROUTE TO ALB, PILOT TURNED ON WEATHER RADAR. APPROXIMATELY 2-3 MINUTES LATER, PILOT SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RWY 1 AT ALB. AFTER PULLING ON TO TAXIWAY, PASSENGERS WERE EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE LOW MODE RESISTOR FOR THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER SHORTED AND BURNT. MAINTENANCE REPLACED RESISTOR, LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, AND GEARBOX. THIS MATTER IS CLOSED.