# Incident 19970504013289I: Beech V35A, El Paso, TX, May 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1997, 12:36 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7917R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7917R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970504013289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLT DEPARTED ELP, ON TAKEOFF ROLL BEGAN GETTING SMOKE IN COCKPIT. MADE AIR RETURN TO ELP LANDED SAFELY, NO INJURIES. UPON FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION WITH MR. FISHBURN, HE STATED SMOKE WAS FROM COMMUNICATIONS RADIO. #1 RADIO TRANSISTOR OUT. PART REPLACED. ACFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N7917R (1)

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

- [Incident 19821101065619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821101065619I), Nov 1, 1982: Beech V35ATC (N7917R), Silver Springs, FL. Returned to ramp due to inop vaccum pump. Pilot had son move prop to check pump. Engine kicked. Prop hit sons head.

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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