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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900C · Kotzebue, AK · September 23, 2010

Date
September 23, 2010 · 11:21 local
Place
Kotzebue, AK
Airport
Ralph Wein Mem
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
FFSA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N575X
Reported as
Beech 1900C
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
8
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

During climb to cruise flight, passengers and crew detected smoke and burning smell in cabin. Aircraft returned to otz with out incident. Investigation found dropping resisitors on aft vent blower motor had overheated and burned out. Maintenance removed vent blower and associated current limiter and system was defeerred per the MEL. Aircraft was flown to main maintenance base and maintenance completed.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE FLIGHT, PASSENGERS AND CREW DETECTED SMOKE AND BURNING SMELL IN CABIN.AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO OTZ WITH OUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION FOUND DROPPING RESISITORS ON AFT VENT BLOWER MOTOR HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNED OUT. MAINTENANCE REMOVED VENT BLOWER AND ASSOCIATED CURRENT LIMITER AND SYSTEM WAS DEFEERRED PER THE MEL. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO MAIN MAINTENANCE BASE AND MAINTENANCE COMPLETED.