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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Middletown, PA · December 14, 2000

Date
December 14, 2000 · 17:20 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AXSA
Aircraft
N888FE
Reported as
Cessna 208B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Wiggins airways flight #325 , a repositioning flight to kunv, departed kmdt. The captain selected bleed air heat after takeoff in the defrost position. The cockpit filled with a fine glycol spray, which the captain initially mistook to be smoke. He returned to MDT and landing was completed without incident. The aircraft had been deiced prior to flight by aero services FBO. The crew did not observe deicing, but stated that the intake covers were not in place during the deicing. Pilot was counseled to insure intake plugs are installed prior to deicing. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WIGGINS AIRWAYS FLIGHT #325 , A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO KUNV, DEPARTED KMDT. THE CAPTAIN SELECTED BLEED AIR HEAT AFTER TAKEOFF IN THE DEFROST POSITION.THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH A FINE GLYCOL SPRAY, WHICH THE CAPTAIN INITIALLY MISTOOK TO BE SMOKE. HE RETURNED TO MDT AND LANDING WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DEICED PRIOR TO FLIGHT BY AERO SERVICES FBO. THE CREW DID NOT OBSERVE DEICING, BUT STATED THAT THE INTAKE COVERS WERE NOT IN PLACE DURING THE DEICING. PILOT WAS COUNSELED TO INSURE INTAKE PLUGS ARE INSTALLED PRIOR TO DEICING. INCIDENT CLOSED.