# Incident 19981109043769I: Beech 1900C, Fort Myers, FL, November 9, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1998, 20:25 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Southwest Florida Regional
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GUUA
- Location: 26.5362° N, 81.7552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL (RSW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5362&lon=-81.7552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195GA-2009-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65B (registry code 52115, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-65b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981109043769I

## Narrative

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

(-5)FROM: ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ TO: ^PRIVACY DATA O^,GULFSTREAM INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES NOVEMBER 10, 1998  LOCAL TIME:  15:25  AIRCRAFT TAIL NUMBER:  195GA  ROUTE OF FLIGHT :  TPA DIRECT RSW   ENROUTE FROM TPA TO MIA ON FLIGHT 9192 AT 17,000 FEET APPROXIAMTELY 30 MILES NORTH OF RSW  FO MATT GOSS NOTICED A BURNING ODOR.  A FEW MOMENTS LATER I NOTICED THE SMELL, AND IT WAS GETTING STRONGER.  WE HAD A JUMPSEATING GULFSTREAM CAPTAIN IN SEAT 1A.  I ASKED HIM TO COME TO THE COCKPIT TO SEE IF HE ALSO NOTICED THE FUMES.  HE DID.  AT THAT POINT I WAS FLYING PILOT AND TRANSFERRED CONTROLS TO THE FO.  I DONNED MY OXYGEN MASK AND THEN HAD FO GOSS DON HIS OXYGEN MASK.  WE PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM SMOKE OR FUMES.  WE THEN ADVISED ATC OF OUR SITUATION AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY.  WE REQUESTED A DEVIATION TO RSW.  ATC GAVE US DIRECT RSW VOR AND A DESCENT.  RSW HAD EMERGENCY EQUIPEMNT STANDING BY, WE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  WE DEPLANED PASSENGERS ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY WHERE WE WERE MET BY RSW FIRE DEPARTMENT.  DURING OUR DESCENT WE TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO NOTIFY RSW OPERATION ON 130.52.  AFTER LANDING THEY ADVISED ME THEY HEARD LOUD STATIC, WHICH I ATTRIBU TE TO OXYGEN FLOW INTERFERING WITH THE OXYGEN MASK MIC.

## Other reports on N195GA (1)

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

- [Accident 20080523857609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080523857609A), May 23, 2008: Beech 1900C (N195GA), Billings, MT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On may 23, 2008, at 0123MST, a Beechcraft 1900-C, N195GA, registered to alpine aviation inc, impacted a building located on the north side of the [privacy data…

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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