# Incident 19981215044209I: Cessna 550, Minneapolis, MN, December 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1998, 09:15 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Minneapolis-St Paul International-Wold
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N453S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N453S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981215044209I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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