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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 400BEECH · Duncan, OK · August 2, 2004

Date: August 2, 2004 · 12:00 local
Place: Duncan, OK
Airport: Halliburton Field Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3121B
Reported as: Beech 400BEECH
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total1,800 in this make and model220 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) Crew reported an electrical problem with fumes on the flight deck. Crew reported completing check list items, went to emergency power. Smell went away. Then it seemed to come back. Crew turned the electrical off. Declared an emergency and made a high speed landing at Duncan airport. Ground personnel noted fire coming from the aircraft tires after it stopped. They used hand held fire extinguishers to put the fire out. The fuse plugs failed and the tires lost their air. There was no damage to the aircraft. Maintenance believes a current sensor failed at this time, which caused the smell on the flight deck. M or d submitted.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CREW REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH FUMES ON THE FLIGHT DECK. CREW REPORTED COMPLETING CHECK LIST ITEMS, WENT TO EMERGENCY POWER. SMELL WENT AWAY. THEN IT SEEMED TO COME BACK. CREW TURNED THE ELECTRICAL OFF. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND MADE A HIGH SPEED LANDING AT DUNCAN AIRPORT. GROUND PERSONNEL NOTED FIRE COMING FROM THE AIRCRAFT TIRES AFTER IT STOPPED. THEY USED HAND HELD FIRE EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE FUSE PLUGS FAILED AND THE TIRES LOST THEIR AIR. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. MAINTENANCE BELIEVES A CURRENT SENSOR FAILED AT THIS TIME, WHICH CAUSED THE SMELL ON THE FLIGHT DECK. M OR D SUBMITTED.