# Incident 19970814027559I: Beech 2000, Kansas City, MO, August 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1997, 08:13 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AKGR
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8074S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8074S-2005-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 2000 (registry code 1152000, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 2000
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970814027559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 1.	ON 08/14/97 AT 1200Z TIME, A BEECHCRAFT BE-2000-2000 AIRCRAFT (N8074S) DEPARTED BEECH FIELD (BEC) AIRPORT, KANSAS EN ROUTE TO DULLES INTERNATIONAL (IAD) AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES FROM ORIGIN AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF 33,000 FEET, SMOKE WITH AN ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS PERMEATED THROUGH THE CABIN FROM THE OVERHEAD VENTS. 2.	INITIATING EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL AND ELECTRICAL PROCEDURES, THE HEATER FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS PULLED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN (MKC) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. HAVING PULLED THE HEATER FAN CIRCUIT BREAKER, THE SMOKE STOPPED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MKC WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT (NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES). 3.	ON EXAMINATION, EXECUTIVE BEECH FAA CERTIFICATE REPAIR STATION (AKGR) DETERMINED THAT THE HEATER FAN MOTOR HAD FAILED. THE HEATER FAN MOTOR WAS REPLACED BY AKGR. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT (FAA FORM 8010-4) HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. 4.	THIS INCIDENT NUMBER CE97-IGA0100 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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