# Incident 19960708030819I: Beech 1900, Jacksonville, FL, July 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1996, 15:25 local time
- 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
- Location: 30.4940° N, 81.6878° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE INTL (JAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4940&lon=-81.6878&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26YV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960708030819I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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