# Incident 20060418004669I: Raythn HAWKER800XP, Wheeling, WV, April 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2006, 16:22 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DJFA
- Location: 40.1750° N, 80.6463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELING OHIO COUNTY (HLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1750&lon=-80.6463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N817TA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN HAWKER800XP
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE7315BR
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060418004669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/18/06, AT 1622 EST, N817TA, FLIGHT OPTIONS FLIGHT 817, A HAWKER-800XP-800XP, DIVERTED AND LANDED SAFELY AT THE WHEELING OHIO COUNTY AIRPORT (HLG) AFTER REPORTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THIS OFFICE ON 4/19/06, REVEALED THAT DURING NORMAL CLIMB, PASSING APPROXIMATELY 26,000 FEET, ELECTRICAL SMELL WAS NOTICED AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM AN AREA NEAR THE CO-PILOT'S "A" PANEL WINDSHIELD AT THE JUNCTION WITH GLARE SHIELD. EMERGENCY LANDING WAS AMDE WITHOUT INCIDENT. SDR REPORT OMB #2120-0003 MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED BURNED COMPONENTS INSIDE THE AIR SHOW TIME TO DESTINATION CONTROLLER. THE SUPPLIED POWER AND GROUNDING TO THE CONTROLLER WERE CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE NORMAL. THE TTD CONTROLLER WAS REPLACED. NO FURTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED WHEN THE CONTROLLER WAS OPERATIONALLY CHECKED. THIS AS PER ^PRIVACY DATA O^, DJFA MAINTENANCE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES 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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