# Incident 20001108024319I: Beech 400A, Rochester, MN, November 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2000, 17:43 local time
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Rochester Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ERYA
- Location: 43.9083° N, 92.5000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCHESTER INTL (RST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9083&lon=-92.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N709TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709TA-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 400A (registry code 1155402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-400a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 400A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 990 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001108024319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) KSS709, A BE-400-A, ENROUTE FROM FAIRFIELD IA (FFL) TO MINNEAPOLIS, MN (MSP), DIVERTED TO ROCHESTER, MN (RST), DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE A/C LANDED AT RST AT 2343Z (1743C) WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N709TA (3)

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

- [Incident 20041119031769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041119031769I), Nov 19, 2004: Beech 400A (N709TA), Minneapolis, MN. (-23) During takeoff, climb and taxi back, the hydraulic pressure spiked to over 2000 PSI. Landed back at msp with no incident. General dynamics replaced both…
- [Incident 20031115030069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031115030069I), Nov 15, 2003: Beech 400A (N709TA), Van Nuys, CA. (-23) On takeoff, aircraft call sign opt 709 reported fuel transfer problems as well as rudder and trim problems. The aircraft returned to vny and landed…
- [Incident 19990916035459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990916035459I), Sep 16, 1999: Beech 400A (N709TA), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On 9/16/99, N709TA, a Beech jet 400, operated by Raytheon travel, departed from ytz enroute to bos. While enroute, one of the passengers reported smoke…

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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