# Incident 19981010038539I: Amd FALCON20, El Paso, TX, October 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1998, 12:45 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GXPA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N174GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981010038539I

## Narrative

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

(-5)#2 FLT. GUIDANCE FAILED AND STARTED TO SMOKE.  UNIT WAS REMOVED AND NEW UNIT INSTALLED.  S/N OFF 758, S/N ON 398.  SDR AND MRR FILED PER GXPA MAINTAINENCE.

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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