# Incident 20060131001309I: Cessna 208B, Huntington, WV, January 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2006, 19:24 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N764FE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060131001309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT 8461 DEPARTED KHTS AND REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. RETURNED TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO RAMP UNASSISTED. CALLED MTNA MAINTENANCE @ 828-464-8471, BRIEFED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . CERTIFICATE HOLDER PROVIDED AIRCRAFT LOG PAGES 262028 & 262029 WITH DISCREPANCY AND CORRECTIVE ACTION. FAULT WAS LOCATED AT WIRE CONNECTOR AA-PH17/AA-PH23 IN STBY POWER SYSTEM. ALSO REPLACED DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR CONTROL UNIT. DISCONNECTED STBY PWR SYSTEM AND DEFERRED IAW MAL. AIRCRAFT N764FE WAS R.T.S. 1/31/06. CALLED POI HJK @ CHDO AND LEFT VOICE-MAIL--OFFERED ASSISTANCE. VERBALLY BRIEFED PAI INSP. ^PRIVACY D^ AND EASTERN REGIION INSP. ^PRIVACY D^ ON INCIDENT. ANY FOLLOW-UP, IF NECESSARY BY CHDO. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT. PILOT'S ACTIONS OR LACK OF ACTIONS DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT.

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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