# Incident 19971107042459I: Beech 1900D, Farmington, NM, November 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 36.7281° N, 108.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7281&lon=-108.2187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50YV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,800 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/19971107042459I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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