# Incident 20001214037479I: Cessna 208B, Middletown, PA, December 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2000, 17:20 local time
- 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
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N888FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214037479I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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