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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Cleveland, OH · August 13, 2006

Date: August 13, 2006 · 15:30 local
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: JJBA
Aircraft: N837CA
Reported as: Beech 1900D
People aboard: 14
Fatal injuries: 0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft had an electrical smell of burnt plastic coming from the overhead blower vents with minimal visible smoke that the pax could smell and see in the cabin. Smell was much stronger in the cockpit. Crew declared emergency and returned to cle without incident. Jjba cle maintenance found that a vent blower had failed. This item was removed and replaced. The defective unit was returned to the previous overhaul shop for teardown and failure analysis per jjba form CA-60, mechanical reliability report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD AN ELECTRICAL SMELL OF BURNT PLASTIC COMING FROM THE OVERHEAD BLOWER VENTS WITH MINIMAL VISIBLE SMOKE THAT THE PAX COULD SMELL AND SEE IN THE CABIN. SMELL WAS MUCH STRONGER IN THE COCKPIT. CREW DECLARED EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO CLE WITHOUT INCIDENT. JJBA CLE MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT A VENT BLOWER HAD FAILED. THIS ITEM WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE DEFECTIVE UNIT WAS RETURNED TO THE PREVIOUS OVERHAUL SHOP FOR TEARDOWN AND FAILURE ANALYSIS PER JJBA FORM CA-60, MECHANICAL RELIABILITY REPORT.