# Incident 20031105029629I: Beech F90, Sleepy Eye, MN, November 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2003, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sleepy Eye, MN
- Airport: Sleepy Eye Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2496° N, 94.7104° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SLEEPY EYE MUNI (Y58), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2496&lon=-94.7104&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188BF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031105029629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED ABERDEEN, SD (KABR) AT 0930 LOCAL TIME. CLIMBED TO 19000' AGL. THIRTY MILES S.E. OF REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA, NEAR SLEEPY EYE, MN. PILOT NOTICED A SLIGHT PUFF OF SMOKE FROM COCKPIT FLOOR VENTS. STARTED TO TROUBLESHOOT SYSTEM. SECURED HEATING/AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. DESCENDED TO 12000' AGL TO DEPRESSURE CABIN. NO SMOKE, DIVERTED TO ROCHESTER, MN. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO EMERGENCY DECLARED. NO FIRE. NO INJURIES. IN CONTACT WITH ATC THROUGHOUT. MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT ROCHESTER, MN. TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THAT CURRENT LIMITER WAS INOPERATIVE. REMOVED CURRENT LIMITER AND AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROCK MOUNT, N.C. ON 11-06-03 WITHOUT 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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