# Incident 19960712023869I: Cvac 640340D, Columbia, MO, July 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1996, 02:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, MO
- Airport: Columbia Regional
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Part 125 operator
- Operator: GAIA
- Location: 38.8177° N, 92.2178° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA RGNL (COU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8177&lon=-92.2178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N587CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N587CA-2017-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 640-440D (registry code 2423002, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-640-440d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce DART-542-4 (registry code 54137, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-dart-542-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 640340D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712023869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 7/12/96, KITTYHAWK FLIGHT KHA587 WAS ENROUTE FROM YIP TO OKC, WHEN THE CREW DIVERTED TO COU DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED FOR THE FDR AND THE GPWS, ABOUT TEN SECONDS LATER THE CREW NOTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN COLUMBIA, MO. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A BAD #1 INVERTER AND A BAD CURRENT LIMITER. BOTH ITEMS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE #1 INVERTER CAUSED AN INTERRUPTION IN ELECTRICAL POWER, WHICH LED THE CREW TO BELIEVE THERE WAS A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE ON THE AIRCRAFT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED. CE961CM0098

## Other reports on N587CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090618019359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090618019359I), Jun 18, 2009: Convai 640440D (N587CA), St Johns, AC, No damage. On 06/18/2009 at 1830 EST, while taxiing out to runway 10 in Antigua (tapa), the right engine was reported smoking. The right engine was shutdown, feathered…

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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