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FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Erie, PA · August 15, 2003

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Date
August 15, 2003 · 19:49 local
Place
Erie, PA
Airport
Erie International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AXSA
Aircraft
N780FE
Reported as
Cessna 208B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total9,500 in this make and model
N780FERegistered now · Cessna 208BS/N 208B0277 · Built 1991Airframe modelCessna 208BEngine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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(-23) Wiggins airways flight 7451, a C208, landed on runway 6 after reporting smoke in the cockpit inbound. The ARFF responded, the smoke had dissipated and the aircraft taxied to the ramp without incident. Further investigation revealed that the no. one bus bar cb/sw failed, and there was a loss of the no. one bus bar. This switch will be removed and replaced, as per chief maintenance inspector phil miholovich for axsa airlines. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WIGGINS AIRWAYS FLIGHT 7451, A C208, LANDED ON RUNWAY 6 AFTER REPORTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT INBOUND. THE ARFF RESPONDED, THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NO. ONE BUS BAR CB/SW FAILED, AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF THE NO. ONE BUS BAR. THIS SWITCH WILL BE REMOVED AND REPLACED, AS PER CHIEF MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR PHIL MIHOLOVICH FOR AXSA AIRLINES. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.