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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900 · Jacksonville, FL · July 8, 1996

Date: July 8, 1996 · 15:25 local
Place: Jacksonville, FL
Airport: Jacksonville International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: MASA
Aircraft: N26YV
Reported as: Beech 1900
People aboard: 10
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,300 total4,000 in this make and model270 in the last 90 days

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 take off, during climb out, the tower reported seeing smoke coming from the left engine. The crew immediately checked for fire and smoke. They found neither. They decided to return to jax and land. They declared an emergency. Upon landing, emergency vehicles escorted the airplane to the gate. Maintenance people checked the airplane and found no problems. They returned the airplane to service. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKE OFF, DURING CLIMB OUT, THE TOWER REPORTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE CREW IMMEDIATELY CHECKED FOR FIRE AND SMOKE. THEY FOUND NEITHER. THEY DECIDED TO RETURN TO JAX AND LAND. THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. UPON LANDING, EMERGENCY VEHICLES ESCORTED THE AIRPLANE TO THE GATE. MAINTENANCE PEOPLE CHECKED THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. THEY RETURNED THE AIRPLANE TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.