# Incident 20031025030839I: Cessna S550, Binghamton, NY, October 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2003, 17:33 local time
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Airport: Edwin A Link Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EYDA
- Location: 42.1013° N, 75.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Binghamton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1013&lon=-75.9094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260BS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031025030839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 2003, 1733 EST, A CESSNA CITATION CE-S550, S/N S550-0080, OPERATED BY RELIANT AIRLINES, INC., EXPERIENCED SMOKE IN THE CABIN/COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO PROVIDENCE, RI, AND DIVERTED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 AT THE BINGHAMTON REGIONAL AIRPORT (KBGM). THE LOCAL ARRF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOUND A DEFECTIVE OVERHEAD CABIN BLOWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY, P/N BC61A901-2, S/N 16087. THE CABIN BLOWER ASSEMBLY WAS DEFERRED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT (KITH) NY ON OCTOBER 25, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1723 EDT. THIS INCIDENT IS 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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