# Incident 20020610011279I: Beech 1900D, Pittsburgh, PA, June 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2002, 13:57 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMWA
- 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: N244YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244YV-2012-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020610011279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT DEPARTED 28L AT 1352 LOCAL. UPON REACHING 2,500 MSL CREW NOTICED PAX CLAIMING SMOKE IN THE CABIN. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 32 AT 1357 LOCAL. MECHANIC DALE MCCANDLESS INFORMED THIS OFFICE THAT THE SMOKE IN THE CABIN WAS CONDENSATION FROM THE AC. OUTSIDE AIR TEMP AT 1451 LOCAL WAS APPROXIMATELY 88 DEGREES F AND THE DEW POINT WAS 65. OPERATOR WILL FAX FLIGHT LOG AND WRITE UP. CONCERNED PAX DISCHARGED PORTABLE FIRE EXT. WITHOUT CONSENT OF PIC. AWAITING INTERRUPTION REPORT. A/C WILL BE TEST FLOWN. COULD NOT DUPLICATE ON GROUND WITH ENGINE RUN UP. ON 06/11/02 TELEPHONE CALL FROM AMWA MECHANIC D.M. DALE STATED TEST FLIGHT OK WORK ORDER 30196. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. A/C RETURNED TO SERVICE. ON 06/11/02 BRIEFED CAROL @ AVIATION SECURITY 202 493-5100 ON EVENTS. THEY DO NOT PLAN TO TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION. ON 06/11/02, RECEIVED FAX FROM ANDREA STERNS PSA. INCLUDED IN THE FAX WERE INTERVIEWS FROM PSA OFFICIALS, CREW STATEMENTS, OCCURRENCE REPORT FORMS, PIT EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREWS AND PASSENGER GUNDERSEN. TSA, PSA AIRLINES AND ALLEGENY COUNTY POLICE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. THEIR INVESTIGATION REVEALED MR. GUNDERSEN, WHO DISCHARGED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, ACTIONS WERE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE FLIGHT. THE FINAL CONCLUSION TO THIS OCCURRENCE/INCIDENT ALL PARTIES WERE SATISFIED AND DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS NECESSARY TO CONTACT THE FBI. FLIGHT CREWS ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE INCIDENT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N244YV (3)

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

- [Incident 20020916027309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020916027309I), Sep 16, 2002: Beech 1900D (N244YV), MO. (-23) On September 16, 2002 at 11:40 local time, aircraft N244YV'S left low fuel pressure annunciator illuminated in flight. The crew switched on the left…
- [Incident 20020411008429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020411008429I), Apr 11, 2002: Beech 1900D (N244YV), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) On April 11, 2002, at 11:00 local time, aircraft N244YV on approach to pit lowered the landing gear, and the nose down and lock indicator didn't…
- [Incident 19970518017979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970518017979I), May 18, 1997: Beech 1900D (N244YV), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: air midwest inc. (amwa) flight AMWA727, enroute to dsm from mci had to abort take-off for low torque indications. Amwa line maintenance was…

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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