# Incident 19971031040639I: Beech 1900C, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 31, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1997, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GUUA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N197GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 9,000 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971031040639I

## Narrative

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

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 20041108030629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041108030629I), Nov 8, 2004: Beech 1900C (N197GA), Honolulu, HI, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Incident 19990924039949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990924039949I), Sep 24, 1999: Beech 1900C (N197GA), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Aircraft 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,…

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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