# Incident 20080405832239I: Emb EMB145LR, Pensacola, FL, April 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FDKA
- Location: 30.4734° N, 87.1866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PENSACOLA INTL (PNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4734&lon=-87.1866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N838MJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N838MJ-2020-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison AE-3007A (registry code 03030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-ae-3007a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB145LR
- People aboard: 33
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080405832239I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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