# Incident 20020731017469I: Cessna 550, Erie, PA, July 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2002, 18:01 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1166° N, 80.0735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1166&lon=-80.0735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80AW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020731017469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DESCENT INTO ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE COPILOT DETECTED AN ODOR THAT APPEARED TO BE ELECTRICAL IN ORIGIN. THE CHECKLIST WAS EXECUTED. THE ODOR WAS ELIMINATED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 24 AND ARFF RESPONDED, THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND AND REPLACED THE INOP BLOWER FAN AND RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO SERVICE. TBO FOR THIS PART IS 3500 HRS. AND THE PART REMOVED HAD 2991 HR. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATED BY DESK AUDIT AND IS CONSIDERED 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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