# Incident 20060206012819I: Cessna 208B, Elmira, NY, February 6, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2006, 19:51 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AXSA
- Location: 42.1599° N, 76.8917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL (ELM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1599&lon=-76.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N804FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060206012819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 6, 2006, AT 1951 EST, A WIGGINS AIRWAYS CE-208-B, REGISTERED TO FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP., NOTIFIED THE ELMIRA TOWER OF SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, AND WAS CLEARED TO RETURN AND LAND ON RUNWAY 28. THE ARFF RESPONDED AND NO FIRE WAS OBSERVED. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. FIRSTAIR GROUP, LLC'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO DISCOVER A CAUSE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TEST-FLOWN SATISFACTORILY ON FEBRUARY 7, 2006, AND RELEASED FOR SERVICE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AND TERMINATED AT THE ELMIRA REGIONAL AIRPORT, ELMIRA, NY ON FEBRUARY 6, 2006. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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