# Incident 20030815018389I: Cessna 208B, Erie, PA, August 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2003, 19:49 local time
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 9,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030815018389I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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