From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The aircraft departed billings, Montana for Wolf Point, Montana. 10 miles east of Wolf Point the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit, followed by the right wing overheat warning light illuminating. The crew followed the emergency checklist for a steady wing overheat warning light. When the light failed to extinguish after the cool down period the crew shut the right engine down. The aircraft landed without incident or injuries. The cabin was not evacuated. Maintenance determined that the cause of the smoke was a wire bundle that had chaffed on the sas computer cannon plug located in the copilot's side console.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BILLINGS, MONTANA FOR WOLF POINT, MONTANA. 10 MILES EAST OF WOLF POINT THE CREW NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT WING OVERHEAT WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR A STEADY WING OVERHEAT WARNING LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT FAILED TO EXTINGUISH AFTER THE COOL DOWN PERIOD THE CREW SHUT THE RIGHT ENGINE DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT OR INJURIES. THE CABIN WAS NOT EVACUATED. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE WAS A WIRE BUNDLE THAT HAD CHAFFED ON THE SAS COMPUTER CANNON PLUG LOCATED IN THE COPILOT'S SIDE CONSOLE.
Other reports on N704C · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.