# Incident 19960717024579I: Beech 1900C, Omaha, NE, July 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1996, 09:22 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: N143AM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 21
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960717024579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N143AM, BE-1900C, BEING OPERATED AS FLIGHT 5653 FROM OMAHA, NE TO KANSAS CITY, MO DEVELOPED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AFTER DEPARTURE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO OMAHA, NE. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE LEFT LANDING LIGHT SWITCH WAS INOPERATIVE. THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED PER MEL 33-3. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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