# Incident 20071018824429I: Cessna 650, Lagrange, GA, October 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2007, 15:25 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0393° N, 85.0313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaGrange, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0393&lon=-85.0313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 650 (registry code 2076802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-650) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731-3B (registry code 29096, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-3b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 650
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071018824429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/18/2007 AT 1525Z CRUISING AT AN ALTITUDE OF FL370 THE FLIGHT CREW OF AIRCRAFT N750CK DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO ZTL DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AT THAT TIME THE CREW REQUESTED VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT FOR LGC LAGRANGE GA. ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND THE SMOKE INCREASED "DESPITE OUR EFFORTS TO WE COULD NOT STOP OR DECREASE THE SMOKE COMING INTO THE COCKPIT" THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT "VISIBILITY IN THE COCKPIT WAS ALMOST NIL." THEY DESCENDED IN IMC CONDITIONS WITH RAIN AND TURBULENCE USING THE STANDBY INSTRUMENTS AT THE TOP OF THE PANEL DUE TO VISIBILITY IN THE COCKPIT. N750CK LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. INSPECTION OF THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE REVEALED OIL COVERING THE THRUST REVERSER AND THE LINER OF THE TAIL PIPE. ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER P102133 WAS SENT TO LANDMARK AVIATION GW4R221M FOR REPAIR AND A RENTAL ENGINE INSTALLED. INITIAL TROUBLESHOOTING INDICATED A CARBON SEAL AND/OR BEARING FAILURE CAUSED OIL 1 TO ENTER THE PRESSURIZATION SYSTEM. THE PIC STATED THAT DURING THE DESCENT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF ENGINE PROBLEMS.

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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