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FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Charlottesville, VA · July 30, 1998

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Date
July 30, 1998 · 09:30 local
Place
Charlottesville, VA
Airport
Charlottesville-Albemarle
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N665MC
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,850 total200 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

After departed from swf, enroute to clt at flight level 310, the flight crew smelled a pungent electrical fire odor, then saw smoke in the cabin. The flight crew declared an emergency and diverted to cho, selecting non-essential electrical systems off. The aircraft landed without incident on runway 03 and taxied to the ramp. Local maintenance inspected the aircraft and identified the smell and smoke as coming from the cabin fluorescent lighting inverters. No physical damage was found. The aerospace lighting corporation inverters, part number 18-996 and 18-994 (1 each), were disconnected in accordance with the provisions of AD 95-22-01 and the aircraft was returned to service. The aircraft returned to it's home base, at the new york Cessna citation service center (crs #1W1R233Q), and the problem was isolated to the alc 18-996 inverter, serial number 6597. The repair station will complete a malfunction or defect report. The Cessna aircraft corporation and aerospece lighting corporation will be performing a teardown inspecion of this inverter. The aircraft is reportedly being converted to a newer cabin lighting system. A copy of the teardown report will be sent to this office with a copy forwarded to ACE-115C.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER DEPARTED FROM SWF, ENROUTE TO CLT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 310, THE FLIGHT CREW SMELLED A PUNGENT ELECTRICAL FIRE ODOR, THEN SAW SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO CHO, SELECTING NON-ESSENTIAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS OFF. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT ON RUNWAY 03 AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. LOCAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND IDENTIFIED THE SMELL AND SMOKE AS COMING FROM THE CABIN FLUORESCENT LIGHTING INVERTERS. NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE AEROSPACE LIGHTING CORPORATION INVERTERS, PART NUMBER 18-996 AND 18-994 (1 EACH), WERE DISCONNECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF AD 95-22-01 AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IT'S HOME BASE, AT THE NEW YORK CESSNA CITATION SERVICE CENTER (CRS #1W1R233Q), AND THE PROBLEM WAS ISOLATED TO THE ALC 18-996 INVERTER, SERIAL NUMBER 6597. THE REPAIR STATION WILL COMPLETE A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT. THE CESSNA AIRCRAFT CORPORATION AND AEROSPECE LIGHTING CORPORATION WILL BE PERFORMING A TEARDOWN INSPECION OF THIS INVERTER. THE AIRCRAFT IS REPORTEDLY BEING CONVERTED TO A NEWER CABIN LIGHTING SYSTEM. A COPY OF THE TEARDOWN REPORT WILL BE SENT TO THIS OFFICE WITH A COPY FORWARDED TO ACE-115C.