# Incident 20000224003279I: Lear 35A, Las Vegas, NV, February 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2000, 09:04 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77NR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 350 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000224003279I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 24, 2000 AT 0904 PST LOCAL, LEAR 35-A OWNED AND OPERATED BY ER AVIATION LC N77NR, ENROUTE FROM SALT LACK CITY, UT. TO OXNARD, CA. DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO (LAS) MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY INSULATION THAT FELL DOWN ON A BLEED AIR LINE LOCATED AT THE WING HEAT DUCT.  SPOKE TO THE CHIEF OF MAINTENANCE AND HE WILL SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT TO AFS-600.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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