# Incident 20071016022889I: Beech B300, Richmond, VA, October 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2007, 16:10 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MXIA
- Location: 37.5052° N, 77.3197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND INTL (RIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5052&lon=-77.3197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B300 (registry code 1152932, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B300
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071016022889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 10/16/2007 16:10 LOCAL. N199Y MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON RUNWAY 20 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT CREW EXPERIENCED AN ODOR AND HAZE ENTERING THE CABIN. THE CREW INITIATED AN IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO BASE. A MAINTENANCE CHECK DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ODOR AND HAZE WAS OIL CONTAMINATION INTRODUCED INTO THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM FROM A PRESSURIZATION CART THAT WAS USED ON A PREVIOUS MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED OF CONTAMINANTS AND GROUND RUN WITH NO FURTHER DISCREPANCIES. NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN APPROVED FOR RETURN TO SERVICE.

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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