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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Helena, MT · August 16, 2007

Date
August 16, 2007 · 10:15 local
Place
Helena, MT
Airport
Helena Regional
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
Y6WA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N55FN
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,087 total500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On August 16, 2007 at 1015 MDT, Lear 35A, N55FN, registered to midway air ambulance, declared an emergency while on approach to Helena, MT due to smoke in the cockpit. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and an IFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft did not receive any damage and no injuries were reported. The smoke had dissipated by the time the aircraft had landed at Helena, MT. The flight originated at lawrenceville, ga on August 16, 2007.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 16, 2007 AT 1015 MDT, LEAR 35A, N55FN, REGISTERED TO MIDWAY AIR AMBULANCE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE ON APPROACH TO HELENA, MT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE SMOKE HAD DISSIPATED BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED AT HELENA, MT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAWRENCEVILLE, GA ON AUGUST 16, 2007.

Other reports on N55FN · 1

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