# Incident 20041207031799I: Beech 300BEECH, Springfield, IL, December 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2004, 11:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45 (registry code 52105, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300BEECH
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,262 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041207031799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WHILE ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT CHECK OF NAV AIDS AT THE SPRINGFIELD ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL AIRPORT (SPI) THE CREW EXPERIENCED NOISE IN THE HEADSETS, LOSS OF THE FLIGHT CHECK SCOPE, LOSS OF THE TCAS SCOPE AND THE PILOTS FLIGHT DIRECTOR, WHILE IN A HOLDING PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 22. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A STRONG ODOR OF BURNING ELECTRICAL AND SOME SMOKE. THE CREW DONNED THE OXYGEN/SMOKE MASKS AND THE PIC DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BUT CALLED AND REQUESTED A FULL STOP LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP AND THE CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N76 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20101014048349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101014048349I), Oct 14, 2010: Beech 300 (N76), Huntington, WV, No damage. Reported:Huntington airport, WV: flight check 76, an FAA BE30, while conducting an inspection of the gligeslope and localizer to runway 12 reported an unsafe…

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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