What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot stated while on descent from gso to lga he noticed a strong odor of smoke. An emergency was declared, aircraft landed at Atlantic City international airport fire rescue responded. Aircraft cleared active runway and was shut down. All 33 pax and 3 crew members egressed aircraft through the normal passenger entrance. The aircraft was towed to midlantic jet (FBO). Atlantic coast airlines dispatched two maintenance people to work on aircraft. Per request of the NTSB before power was applied to the aircraft maintenance pulled the cockpit and flight data recorders for examination by NTSB. Maintenance performed a lightning strike inspection, partial airframe structural inspection, visual inspection for overheated wires and chaffing, all systems were checked with power on, both engines were run and all systems were operational checked. No discrepancies were noted during these checks. The aircraft was ferried to home base. Atlantic coast airlines pmi barry barbini 1-703-661-8160X267 was contacted in reference to this incident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT STATED WHILE ON DESCENT FROM GSO TO LGA HE NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF SMOKE. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED. AIRCRAFT CLEARED ACTIVE RUNWAY AND WAS SHUT DOWN. ALL 33 PAX AND 3 CREW MEMBERS EGRESSED AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE NORMAL PASSENGER ENTRANCE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO MIDLANTIC JET (FBO). ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES DISPATCHED TWO MAINTENANCE PEOPLE TO WORK ON AIRCRAFT. PER REQUEST OF THE NTSB BEFORE POWER WAS APPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE PULLED THE COCKPIT AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS FOR EXAMINATION BY NTSB. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A LIGHTNING STRIKE INSPECTION, PARTIAL AIRFRAME STRUCTURAL INSPECTION, VISUAL INSPECTION FOR OVERHEATED WIRES AND CHAFFING, ALL SYSTEMS WERE CHECKED WITH POWER ON, BOTH ENGINES WERE RUN AND ALL SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONAL CHECKED. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING THESE CHECKS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO HOME BASE. ATLANTIC COAST AIRLINES PMI BARRY BARBINI 1-703-661-8160X267 WAS CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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