# Incident 20050104000099I: Israel 1124, Victorville, CA, January 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2005, 10:30 local time
- Place: Victorville, CA
- Airport: George Afb Base Ops
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5361° N, 117.2912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Victorville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5361&lon=-117.2912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161X-2013-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124 (registry code 4500102, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1124) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL 1124
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050104000099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING CRQ (MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT, CARLSBAD, CA) FOR LAS VEGAS AND REACHING FLIGHT LEVEL 270, THE CREW HEARD AN ARCHING NOISE. THE CABIN "NO SMOKING/FASTEN SEAT BELT LIGHT" SMOLDERED, SPARKED, THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE CREW WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, BROADCAST THE EMERGENCY, AND LAND AT KVCV WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N161X (1)

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

- [Incident 19920322038249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920322038249I), Mar 22, 1992: Israel 1124 (N161X), Atlantic Ocean, NY. Freezing precipitation caused navigational to go into dead reckoning mode. Advised ATC of unreliable equipment.

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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