# Incident 20061026022489I: Pilats PC1245, Klamath Falls, OR, October 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2006, 14:04 local time
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Airport: Klamath Falls International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2158° N, 121.7758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Klamath Falls, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2158&lon=-121.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7ZT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7ZT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-12/45 (registry code 7090551, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-12-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67B (registry code 52158, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC1245
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,450 total, 3,420 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061026022489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED: IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 29,000 FEET IN CLEAR WEATHER WHEN HE NOTICED SMOKE/FUMES MAYBE LIKE A PC BOARD BURNING. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SECURED AS MUCH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AS HE COULD. N7ZT LANDED AT KINGSLEY FIELD IN KLAMATH FALLS OREGON. PILOT STATED: DURING DESCENT THE SMELL STARTED TO DISSIPATE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND PASSENGERS SAFELY EXITED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N7ZT (1)

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

- [Incident 20210614007479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210614007479I), Jun 14, 2021: Pilatus PC-12/45 (N7ZT), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. N7ZT was taxiing in the non-movement area of the ramp (y, terminal side) and the aircraft's wing clipped a light pole near I e terminal building. The pilot…

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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