# Incident 20070731015299I: Beech 1900D, Portland, ME, July 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2007, 09:43 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: NSVA
- Location: 43.6332° N, 70.1853° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portland, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6332&lon=-70.1853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221CJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221CJ-2010-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-6 series (registry code 52150, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-6-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67D
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070731015299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS INSPECTOR OBSERVED COLGAN FLIGHT 4934, N221CJ LAND IN PORTLAND, MAINE, ACCOMPANIED BY CRASH FIRE RESCUE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO ROCKLAND, MAINE FROM BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED TO THIS INSPECTOR THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0930, AT APPROXIMATELY 9000 FEET, APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM PORTLAND, MAINE THE CREW NOTED A STRANGE SMELL SIMILAR TO HAND LOTION. AT APPROXIMATELY 0935 THE CREW REPORTED SEEING A THIN WHITE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED INTO THE PORTLAND JETPORT, PORTLAND, MAINE. LOGBOOK ENTRY AS FOLLOWS: "NOTICED STRANGE SMELL FOLLOWED BY WHITE SMOKE IN COCKPIT. UPON LANDING NOTICED LEFT ENGINE HEAVILY LEAKING OIL." THIS INSPECTOR INFORMED BY PORTLAND, MAINE ATC TOWER THAT AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION WAS NOT PERFORMED. COLGAN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE IN CONCURRENCE WITH PRATT & WHITNEY TECHNICAL SERVICES HAS DETERMINED THIS ENGINE INCURRED AN INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. AT THIS TIME THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. NOTIFIED COLGAN CMO OF INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION CONSIDERED CLOSED AT THIS OFFICE AS COLGAN CMO HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF 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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