# Incident 19970912032259I: Saab 340B, Baltimore, MD, September 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1997, 21:26 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: PLGA
- Location: 39.2904° N, 76.6122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baltimore, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2904&lon=-76.6122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N347BE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912032259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE ENROUTE TO BOS, CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. CREW FOLLOWED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DIVERTED TO BWI. AIRCRAFT LOADED AND CREW EVACUATED ON RUNWAY. MAINTENANCE FOUND POWER SUPPLY AT FAULT. POWER SUPPLY WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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