19981215044209I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Minneapolis, MN · December 15, 1998

Date: December 15, 1998 · 09:15 local
Place: Minneapolis, MN
Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N453S
Reported as: Cessna 550
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,000 total600 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

N453SRegistered now · Cessna 550S/N 550-0445 · Built 1982 Airframe modelCessna 550 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 seriesTurbo-fan

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.

(-5)Defog blower motor froze causing smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Aircraft was on final approach to msp. Crew depressurized aircraft and landed without incident. Defog blower motor replaced by signature flight service. Total time on defog motor was 674 hours since new. Service condition report filed by signature flight support to Cessna product support section of Cessna aircraft company.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)DEFOG BLOWER MOTOR FROZE CAUSING SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO MSP. CREW DEPRESSURIZED AIRCRAFT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DEFOG BLOWER MOTOR REPLACED BY SIGNATURE FLIGHT SERVICE. TOTAL TIME ON DEFOG MOTOR WAS 674 HOURS SINCE NEW. SERVICE CONDITION REPORT FILED BY SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT TO CESSNA PRODUCT SUPPORT SECTION OF CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY.