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Incident

FAA incident report · Bag JETSTM3101 · Middletown, PA · November 17, 2000

Date: November 17, 2000 · 07:20 local
Place: Middletown, PA
Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: B16A
Aircraft: N530PA
Reported as: Bag JETSTM3101
Reported engine: Garrett TPE33110
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,775 total180 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

N530PARegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · British Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101S/N 732 Airframe modelBritish Aerospace BAE JETSTREAM 3101 Engine modelNONENone

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Experienced smoke in the cockpit/cabin in cruise flight 10 to 15 minutes after takeoff from Middletown (MDT). Captain elected to return to MDT and completed an uneventful emergency landing. No injuries. Most of the smoke had dissipated by the time the aircraft landed at MDT. Subsequent troubleshooting revealed a broken wire between the temperature control unit and overtemperature sensor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT/CABIN IN CRUISE FLIGHT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MIDDLETOWN (MDT). CAPTAIN ELECTED TO RETURN TO MDT AND COMPLETED AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING. NO INJURIES. MOST OF THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MDT. SUBSEQUENT TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED A BROKEN WIRE BETWEEN THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT AND OVERTEMPERATURE SENSOR.