# Incident 19991121035789I: Cessna 340A, Corpus Christi, TX, November 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1999, 12:00 local time
- Place: Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport: Corpus Christi Nas/Truax Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8006° N, 97.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corpus Christi, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8006&lon=-97.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N133PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N133PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,207 total, 35 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991121035789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED SMOKE EMANATING FROM 1/H ELECTRICAL PANEL.  PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING AT NGP (NAS CORPUS CHRISTI).  INSPECTION OF PANEL DISCLOSED DE-ICE TIMER OVERHEATED.  M OR D SUBMITTED BY MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON NAME:  TIMER, DE-ICE; MANUF:  ELETRO-MECH; MODEL: EM211-2; SER NO:  1779.

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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