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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · EMB EMB-145LR · Pensacola, FL · April 5, 2008

Date
April 5, 2008 · 11:45 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Airport
Pensacola Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FDKA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N838MJ
Reported as
EMB EMB145LR
People aboard
33
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total2,000 in this make and model250 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) Freedom airlines, FRL6139, Embraer-145, mco-msy, declared an emergency due to electrical burning smell in the cockpit. Diverted to Pensacola, FL (pns). Smoke dissipated prior to landing. Pilot stated total time of smell in cockpit was 3 minutes. Aircraft landed without incident. Source of smoke unknown. 4/5 1645Z. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FREEDOM AIRLINES, FRL6139, EMBRAER-145, MCO-MSY, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. DIVERTED TO PENSACOLA, FL (PNS). SMOKE DISSIPATED PRIOR TO LANDING. PILOT STATED TOTAL TIME OF SMELL IN COCKPIT WAS 3 MINUTES. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SOURCE OF SMOKE UNKNOWN. 4/5 1645Z. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^