# Incident 20080725847019I: Saab 340B, Peoria, IL, July 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2008, 06:35 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater Peoria Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MALA
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N416XJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N416XJ-2015-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab SAAB 340B (registry code 7860105, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CT7-9B (registry code 30148, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-ct7-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 30
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080725847019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT # IGL 1920080033.  WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS SITTING ON THE GATE, THE PILOT ADVISED PEORIA GROUND CONTROL THAT AFTER ENGINE START THAEY HAD SMOKE ON THE FLIGHT DECK AND REQUESTED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. PAX EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT VIA THE AIRSTAIR DOOR.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FAILED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE BUT PLACED THE FREON AIR CONDITIONER MOTOR ON THE MEL AND DEFERED THE ITEM.

## Other reports on N416XJ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020225012049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020225012049I), Feb 25, 2002: Saab 340B (N416XJ), Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) During docking operations on February 25, 2002, mesaba airlines, inc., hit the jet way shroud at gate C2 at dtw airport. The aircraft had been marshaled…

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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