# Incident 19990323025899I: Saab 340B, Detroit, MI, March 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N402XJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990323025899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/23/99 AT 2358Z, N402XJ, A SAAB 340, SERIAL # 402 EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. FLIGHT 3467 IS OPERATED BY MESABA AIRLINES, INC., THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED LONDON, ONTARIO, FOR DETROIT, MI.  THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE FINAL DESCENT POINT THE SMOKE HAD CLEARED.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND THE EMERGENCY WAS RESCINDED BY THE CREW WITH ATC.  AFTER REVIEW OF THE AFFECTED PART IT APPEARS THAT THE PART FAILED AT AN ELECTRICAL CONTACT POINT FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURE, CAUSING THE PART TO OVERHEAT.  THIS RESULTED IN THE VISIBLE SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FOR THE AFFECTED PART:  PAGE AEROSPACE LIMITED, LAMP FIXTURE, PART NUMBER 0756-02-011, SERIAL NUMBER 06-96, HUNTING PART NO 6500006.

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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