36.7281° N, 108.2187° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 7, 1997 · 14:15 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
MASA
Aircraft
N50YV
Reported as
Beech 1900D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total1,800 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days
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: conducting maintenance test flight for auto-feather malfunction when EFIS tube (top, copilot) failed, emitting smoke. Declared emergency and returned to the field and landed without incident. Weather not a factor. Investigation closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: CONDUCTING MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT FOR AUTO-FEATHER MALFUNCTION WHEN EFIS TUBE (TOP, COPILOT) FAILED, EMITTING SMOKE. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO THE FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WEATHER NOT A FACTOR. INVESTIGATION CLOSED.