# Incident 19991217035909I: Emb EMB120ER, Santa Barbara, CA, December 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1999, 07:10 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218SW-2010-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-120ER (registry code 3260203, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-120er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW118 (registry code 52116, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991217035909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/17/1999 AT 0710, SKYWEST FLIGHT 5420 DIVERTED INTO SBA WITH SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT.  LAX MAINTENANCE RESPONDED AND FOUND THE RIGHT ENGINE P3 2.5 SWITCHING VALVE STUCK.  MAINTENANCE CONTROL DEFERED THE VALVE IAW MEL PROCEDURES, MEL 75-32-2A, MEL #258004.  P3 2.5 VALVE WAS REMOVED AND RELACED BY SKYWEST MAINTENANCE AT PALM SPRINGS STATION ON 12/18/99.

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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