# Incident 20080118000259I: Piagio P180, Beaumont, TX, January 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2008, 21:44 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N156SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N156SL-2023-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piaggio P180 (registry code 6960204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-p180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 (registry code 52206, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGIO P180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,142 total, 446 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080118000259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CREW ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM HOBBY AIRPORT (HOU) TO LEXINGTON, KY SMELLED WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS ELECTRICAL BURNING OR ARCING (NO SMOKE OR FLAMES SEEN). THEY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT BEAUMONT, TEX. (BPT) WITHOUT FURTHER 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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