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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Ft Lauderdale, FL · October 31, 1997

Date: October 31, 1997 · 08:00 local
Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: GUUA
Aircraft: N197GA
Reported as: Beech 1900C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,000 total9,000 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N197GARegistered now · Beech 1900CS/N UB-16 · Built 1984 Airframe modelBeech 1900C Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60ATurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on takeoff from fll after passing through 500' captain and first officer observed smoke coming from under the first officers instrument panel. Pilot turned off env. System and smoke/fumes dissipated. Aircraft landed safely and pass. Were evacuated with no injuries. Troubleshooting revealed maintenance had installed a new air cycle machine the night prior to this flight and the preservative oil and condensation caused the smoke/fumes. None of the nine areas of responsibilities were involved due to the nature of the air cycle machine having preservative oil in it and condensation causing what appeared to be smoke and fumes.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAKEOFF FROM FLL AFTER PASSING THROUGH 500' CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE FIRST OFFICERS INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT TURNED OFF ENV. SYSTEM AND SMOKE/FUMES DISSIPATED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AND PASS. WERE EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES. TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED MAINTENANCE HAD INSTALLED A NEW AIR CYCLE MACHINE THE NIGHT PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT AND THE PRESERVATIVE OIL AND CONDENSATION CAUSED THE SMOKE/FUMES. NONE OF THE NINE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES WERE INVOLVED DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE HAVING PRESERVATIVE OIL IN IT AND CONDENSATION CAUSING WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE AND FUMES.

Other reports on N197GA · 2

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

Incident 20041108030629ILevel Off Touchdown · Honolulu, HI(-23) On visual approach to runway 8L at hnl, pilot failed to lower landing gear. Pilot claimed he lowered the landing gear and had three green lights, did not get an aural warning of gear not down when he lowered the flaps to landing setting. Pilot claims…Nov 8, 2004 · Minor damage Incident 19990924039949IClimb · Ft Lauderdale, FLAircraft reported instrument out, request to reutrn to fll. A.t.c. in passing info mia center to fll ATCT reported engine out instead attitude indictator, f/o, acft landed without incident.Sep 24, 1999