# Incident 20000113003199I: Rkwell NA26540, Fort Wayne, IN, January 13, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2000, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111AC-2006-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NA-265-40 (registry code 6402608, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-na-265-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6 6A (registry code 52042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt12a-6-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL NA26540
- Reported engine: PWA JT12A6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000113003199I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROTUE FROM ROCHESTER, INDIANA TO FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, PILOT SMELLED IN COCKPIT OF N111AC. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, PUT ON 02 AND LANDED AT FWA WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  PILOT FOUND OUT THAT HEATER HAN FAILED.  HEATER COIL OVERHEATED AND STARTED TO MELT DOWN.

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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