# Incident 19990803024279I: Fokker F28MK0100, Nashville, TN, August 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1999, 17:40 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N889US, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N889US-2004-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fokker F.28 MK 0100 (registry code 4990807, https://openairdocs.org/model/fokker-f-28-mk-0100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce TAY-650-15 (registry code 54557, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-650-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOKKER F28MK0100
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 750 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990803024279I

## Narrative

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

AT CRUISE FLIGHT ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF NASHVILLE, TN, THE CAPTAIN, FIRST OFFICER AND JUMPSEAT RIDER ALL SMELLED NOXIOUS SMOKE SMELL. AFTER CREW TROUBLESHOT THEY NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE FORWARD GLARE SHIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHITE SMOKE. FLIGHT DIVERTED TO BNA. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONAL FOUND SHORT IN CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD HEAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. CAPTAINS WINDSHIELD HEAT WAS MEL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ON A REVENUE FLIGHT THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

## Other reports on N889US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960727025329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960727025329I), Jul 27, 1996: Fokker F28MK0100 (N889US), Syracuse, NY. Narrative: usaa flight 1052 enroute from pwm to pit diverted to syr with a cracked windshield. The aircraft landed without incident. Usaa maintenance in syr…

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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