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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 750 · Omaha, NE · June 14, 2008

Date
June 14, 2008 · 15:12 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N913QS
Reported as
Cessna 750
Reported engine
Allison AE3007C
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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) N913QS, was enroute form aspen, co to des moines, IA, at flight level 390. The crew reported to air traffic control that they smelled smoke in cockpit. An emergency descent was initiated and the aircraft diverted to Omaha, NE. The crew landed and taxied to the ramp. The reported that there was no smoke visible until the passengers were deplaned, then a haze developed. The crew completed the shutdown without incident. Duncan avation mechanics, from lincoln, NE, found that the aft air cycle machine was seized. The air cycle machine was replaced with a repaired unit.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N913QS, WAS ENROUTE FORM ASPEN, CO TO DES MOINES, IA, AT FLIGHT LEVEL 390. THE CREW REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT THEY SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT WAS INITIATED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO OMAHA, NE. THE CREW LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO SMOKE VISIBLE UNTIL THE PASSENGERS WERE DEPLANED, THEN A HAZE DEVELOPED. THE CREW COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT. DUNCAN AVATION MECHANICS, FROM LINCOLN, NE, FOUND THAT THE AFT AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS SEIZED. THE AIR CYCLE MACHINE WAS REPLACED WITH A REPAIRED UNIT.