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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Abilene, TX · January 8, 1998

Date
January 8, 1998 · 19:40 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Abilene Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
MT9A
Aircraft
N9469B
Reported as
Cessna 208B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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: during climbout at about 4,000 feet, 10 miles east of abi, the alternator control unit failed which caused smoke in the cockpit, but no fire. The pilot returned to abi and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING CLIMBOUT AT ABOUT 4,000 FEET, 10 MILES EAST OF ABI, THE ALTERNATOR CONTROL UNIT FAILED WHICH CAUSED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, BUT NO FIRE. THE PILOT RETURNED TO ABI AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

Other reports on N9469B · 3

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