# Incident 20010817019819I: Lear 35A, Pittsburgh, PA, August 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2001, 03:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900BJ-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010817019819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 17 AUG 2001 AT 0300, N900BJ DIVERTED AFTER REPORTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 28R, THE ARFF RESPONDED, WHERE WAS NO FIRE OR EVACUATION REPORTED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE CREW CONTACTED THEIR COMPANY, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BLEED VALVE WENT INTO EMERGENCY MODE WHICH WILL CAUSE THE CABIN TO HEAT UP AND PRODUCE A MOISTURE VAPOR. THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION WAS PUT ON MEL AND THEN THEY CONTINUED TO THEIR DESTINATION.  THIS INCIDENT IS 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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