19990504019989I

Incident

FAA incident report · Saab 340B · Albany, NY · May 4, 1999

Date: May 4, 1999 · 09:08 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Albany County
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SIMA
Aircraft: N346SB
Reported as: Saab 340B
People aboard: 18
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

Aircraft enroute from montreal, Canada to jfk airport, NY diverted and landed Albany international airport due to cockpit avionics smoke indicator light illuminated. There was no smoke present. System reset, and light illuminated again. Maintenance found a faulty cockpit avionics smoke detector. Maintenance replaced smoke detector and system operational checked normal.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM MONTREAL, CANADA TO JFK AIRPORT, NY DIVERTED AND LANDED ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO COCKPIT AVIONICS SMOKE INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS NO SMOKE PRESENT. SYSTEM RESET, AND LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. MAINTENANCE FOUND A FAULTY COCKPIT AVIONICS SMOKE DETECTOR. MAINTENANCE REPLACED SMOKE DETECTOR AND SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CHECKED NORMAL.