# Incident 20010906023649I: Beech 1900C, Childress, TX, September 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2001, 10:25 local time
- Place: Childress, TX
- Airport: Childress Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TIMA
- Location: 34.4338° N, 100.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHILDRESS MUNI (CDS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4338&lon=-100.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N153GA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N153GA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,927 total, 450 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010906023649I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT AIP511 FROM ABQ TO DFW WAS A CARGO FLIGHT WITH NO PASSENGERS BUT DID HAVE LIVE ANIMALS. THE PILOT AND FLIGHT OBSERVER SMELLED FUMES FROM ELECTRICAL WIRING AND SAW A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THEY DONNED OXYGEN MASKS AND TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE AS THEY DEPRESSURIZED THE AIRCRAFT AND DESCENDED FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THEY DID NOT USE THEIR SMOKE GOGGLES, THE SMOKE WAS VERY THIN AND IT WAS GONE BY THE TIME THEY COMPLETED AN INSTRUMENT DESCENT AND APPROACH AT CHILDRESS TX. THERE WERE NO APPARENT DAMAGES OR INJURIES. THE CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT MET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND. A MECHANIC IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE VENTILATION FAN MOTOR IN THE AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEM AND COMPLIED WITH THE MEL TO RETURN THE AIRPLANE TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N153GA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140108000109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140108000109I), Jan 8, 2014: Beech 1900C (N153GA), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. On January 8, 2014, at 1800 hrs MST, a Beech 1900G while taxing on alpha to A1, was turning to runway 21 and turned short. Struck taxiway light and stopped in…
- [Incident 20090820049539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090820049539I), Aug 20, 2009: Beech 1900C (N153GA), Grand Forks, ND, Minor damage. Upon completion of a successful landing on runway 35L, aircraft utilized taxiway a and contacted barricades that were in place and notamed. Aircraft sustained…
- [Incident 20041115032579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041115032579I), Nov 15, 2004: Beech 1900C (N153GA), Hilo, HI, Minor damage. (-23) On ramp at Hilo airport, pilot closed airstair door from outside. When finished unloading cargo, he proceeded through inside of aircraft to cockpit…

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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