# Incident 20040329004309I: Emb EMB120ER, San Francisco, CA, March 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2004, 17:29 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWIA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N284YV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB120ER
- Reported engine: PWA PW118
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,361 total, 2,329 in this make and model, 183 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329004309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW REPORTED DURING DESCENT EXPERIENCED A BURST OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE PACKS AND INTO THE COCKPIT AND CABIN. THE SMOKE SUBSIDED AFTER TURNING OFF THE RECIRC AND CASPER FANS, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. AFTER DEPLANING THE PASSENGERS AND CREW INDICATED THEY TRIED TURNING ON THE FANS AND THE SMOKE STARTED AGAIN.

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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