20081130852059I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F90 · Brigham City, UT · November 30, 2008

Date: November 30, 2008 · 13:50 local
Place: Brigham City, UT
Airport: Brigham City
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: GSPA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N16WG
Reported as: Beech F90
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,343 total24 in this make and model104 in the last 90 days

N16WGRegistered now · Beech F90S/N LA-226 Airframe modelBeech F90

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) Aircraft was in cruise flight, passengers asked that the temperature in the cabin be increased. After heat was increased, smoke was witnessed coming out of the pilot and copilot sub panel, passengers also noticed smoke in cabin. Emergency was declared and aircraft descended to FL120. While descending cabin dump was pulled to help rid cabin of smoke to no avail. At FL120 the power was turned off of the aircraft and the smoke decreased. Aircraft landed safely at Brigham City, Utah. Maintenance found that the cabin vent fan forward of the pilots feet had burned internally, putting smoke into the air ducts of the aircraft. Fan was disabled and aircraft flown to long beach California for fan change.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PASSENGERS ASKED THAT THE TEMPERATURE IN THE CABIN BE INCREASED. AFTER HEAT WAS INCREASED, SMOKE WAS WITNESSED COMING OUT OF THE PILOT AND COPILOT SUB PANEL, PASSENGERS ALSO NOTICED SMOKE IN CABIN. EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO FL120. WHILE DESCENDING CABIN DUMP WAS PULLED TO HELP RID CABIN OF SMOKE TO NO AVAIL. AT FL120 THE POWER WAS TURNED OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE SMOKE DECREASED. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE CABIN VENT FAN FORWARD OF THE PILOTS FEET HAD BURNED INTERNALLY, PUTTING SMOKE INTO THE AIR DUCTS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FAN WAS DISABLED AND AIRCRAFT FLOWN TO LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA FOR FAN CHANGE.