# Incident 20010105002609I: Emb EMB135LR, Charlottesville, VA, January 5, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2001, 18:51 local time
- Place: Charlottesville, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville-Albemarle
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 38.1396° N, 78.4523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE (CHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1396&lon=-78.4523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N717AE-2019-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-135LR (registry code 3260305, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-135lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB135LR
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010105002609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT DIVERTED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 AT 18:51 LOCAL AFTER REPORTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT ASSISTANCE AND THERE WAS NO EVACUATION. THE PILOT DISCREPANCY STATED THAT "TAT HEAT INOP, FOLLOWED BY SMOKE IN COCKPIT". THE MRR STATES THAT "MAINTENANCE REMOVED AND REPLACED RELAYS AND RELAY SOCKET IAW AMM. OPS CHECKED GOOD". CHDO ALSO REPORTED THAT THE RELAY HAD SHORTED AND BURNT IN THE PROCESS, ALSO BURNING AND DAMAGING THE SOCKET AND SOME WIRING.

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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