# Incident 19990320019339I: Gulstm 690D, Farmington, NM, March 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1999, 09:12 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Four Corners Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7413° N, 108.2299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOUR CORNERS RGNL (FMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7413&lon=-108.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711DW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 690D
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,300 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990320019339I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 20, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:12 MST A CORPORATE GULFSTREAM, GA-690-D WAS ENROUTE TO MCCOOK, NE WHEN MODERATE SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT. THE CREW EMPLOYED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND DIVERTED THE FLIGHT INTO FARMINGTON, NM (FMN).  A MAINTENANCE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AT THE FBO BY QUALIFIED MECHANICS REVEALING A SEAL IN THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE HAD FAILED LEAKING OIL INTO THE SYSTEM.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE CREW ARRANGED TRANSPORTATION BACK TO STURGEON BAY, WI FOR THE PASSENGERS ON A CHARTERED AIRCRAFT.  NO MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST EXIST UNDER WHICH THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE OPERATED IN ITS UN-AIRWORTHY STATUS.  HOWEVER THE CREW PROCEEDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT HOME TO STURGEON BAY, WI, WITHOUT SECURING AN AUTHORIZATION UNDER A SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE.

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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