# Incident 19960830029009I: Beech E95, Schenectady, NY, August 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1996, 05:45 local time
- Place: Schenectady, NY
- Airport: Schenectady County
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8527° N, 73.9296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SCHENECTADY COUNTY (SCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8527&lon=-73.9296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729EM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E95
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960830029009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT ADVISED AFTER DEPARTING SCH AND CLIMBING THRU 7000 FT., HE HEARD A "POPPING" SOUND AND OBSERVED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. HE ADVISED ATC BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. RETURNED TO SCH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SHORTED AND BURNT RESISTOR IN THE HEATER CIRCUIT WHICH FELL OUT FROM UNDER PANEL AND SLIGHTLY BURNT COCKPIT RUG. FAA FORM 8010-4 ISSUED. THIS MATTER 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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