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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech C90A · Olathe, KS · July 3, 2008

Date
July 3, 2008 · 06:47 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
New Century Aircenter
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
E07A
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N396AS
Reported as
Beech C90A
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total200 in this make and model100 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) Pilot departed johnson country executive airport (ojc), Olathe, KS as sole occupant onboard BE-90-C90A N396AS en route to wiley post airport (pwa) Oklahoma city, OK. The flight was operated under a part 91 to reposition for a later flight that was to be operated under part 91, subpart k. at approximately 50 n.m. southwest of ojc at flight level 200, the pilot stated that he smelled smoke in the cabin. He turned the aircraft around, diverting the flight back to charles b. wheeler downtown airport (mkc), Kansas city, MO, where the aircraft is based. As the aircraft approached the Kansas city MO area, the pilot stated that the smoke became visible from a vent blower. The pilot declared an emegency and landed at new centrury air center (ixd) new centrury, KS without further incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED JOHNSON COUNTRY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OJC), OLATHE, KS AS SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD BE-90-C90A N396AS EN ROUTE TO WILEY POST AIRPORT (PWA) OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER A PART 91 TO REPOSITION FOR A LATER FLIGHT THAT WAS TO BE OPERATED UNDER PART 91, SUBPART K. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 N.M. SOUTHWEST OF OJC AT FLIGHT LEVEL 200, THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SMELLED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND, DIVERTING THE FLIGHT BACK TO CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC), KANSAS CITY, MO, WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS BASED. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE KANSAS CITY MO AREA, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SMOKE BECAME VISIBLE FROM A VENT BLOWER. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMEGENCY AND LANDED AT NEW CENTRURY AIR CENTER (IXD) NEW CENTRURY, KS WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.