# Incident 20000718026019I: Aerosp ATR42320, Buffalo, NY, July 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2000, 10:15 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14832, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14832-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000718026019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 18, 2000 AT 1015 LOCAL CONTINENTAL EXPRESS (C2XA), JET LINK 3215, DEPARTED BUFFALO, NY (BUF) ENROUTE TO NEWARK, NJ (EWR). THE CREW NOTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT, RETURNED BUF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. MAINTENANCE FOUND AN AVIONICS COOLING FAN (EXTRACTION FAN) HAD "FAULTED" AND WAS THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. THE FAN WAS "MELD" AND THE A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N14832 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19941108046389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941108046389I), Nov 8, 1994: Aerosp ATR42320 (N14832), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. Struck dip in runway on takeoff. PIC reported sharp jolt. On landing found right nose wheel rim fractured.

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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