19991115038789I

Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Youngstown, OH · November 15, 1999

Date
November 15, 1999 · 11:39 local
Place
Youngstown, OH
Airport
Youngstown Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AIOA
Aircraft
N235AC
Reported as
Lear 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE7312
People aboard
6
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.

While on final approach to runway 23, at yng, crew declared and emergency due to fumes in the cockpit/cabin. The aircraft landed without further incident and taxied to the ramp where the passengers and crew exited the aircraft in the normal manner. The source of the fumes was investigated by maintenance personnel of the FBO located on the field and it was determined that the cabin vent blower had failed and was the source of the fumes. The defective cabin vent blower was deferred per the procedures of the operators minimum equipment list for the aircraft, and the aircraft returned to it's home base for repair. Subsequent investigation of this matter revealed that his was the thrid failure of the cabin vent blower experienced by this aircraft within the last three months.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23, AT YNG, CREW DECLARED AND EMERGENCY DUE TO FUMES IN THE COCKPIT/CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WHERE THE PASSENGERS AND CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE NORMAL MANNER. THE SOURCE OF THE FUMES WAS INVESTIGATED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL OF THE FBO LOCATED ON THE FIELD AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CABIN VENT BLOWER HAD FAILED AND WAS THE SOURCE OF THE FUMES. THE DEFECTIVE CABIN VENT BLOWER WAS DEFERRED PER THE PROCEDURES OF THE OPERATORS MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST FOR THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO IT'S HOME BASE FOR REPAIR. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER REVEALED THAT HIS WAS THE THRID FAILURE OF THE CABIN VENT BLOWER EXPERIENCED BY THIS AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.