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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm GV · Newark, NJ · December 4, 2003

Date: December 4, 2003 · 09:00 local
Place: Newark, NJ
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5HN
Reported as: Gulstm GV
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total1,500 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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) Aircraft departed lga enroute to azo. Cabin and cockpit crew did not see, but detected odor of smoke in cabin and cockpit. Captain declared an emergency and diverted to ewr. Emergency evacuation of passengers initiated after landing, with no injuries to crew or passengers. Aircraft oven believed to have been the source of smoke odor; inspection of aircraft oven revealed dried/burnt food residue on heating elements as the likely source of smoke odor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LGA ENROUTE TO AZO. CABIN AND COCKPIT CREW DID NOT SEE, BUT DETECTED ODOR OF SMOKE IN CABIN AND COCKPIT. CAPTAIN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO EWR. EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF PASSENGERS INITIATED AFTER LANDING, WITH NO INJURIES TO CREW OR PASSENGERS. AIRCRAFT OVEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF SMOKE ODOR; INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT OVEN REVEALED DRIED/BURNT FOOD RESIDUE ON HEATING ELEMENTS AS THE LIKELY SOURCE OF SMOKE ODOR.