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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58P · Red Wing, WI · June 9, 2011

Date
June 9, 2011 · 07:30 local
Place
Red Wing, WI
Airport
Red Wing
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N589RB
Reported as
Beech 58P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,000 total800 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.

Aircraft was in route from ane to ryv. Twenty minutes into the flight at 8000 feet the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit coming from under glare shield. Pilot turned off avionics master and depressurized cabin and smoke began to clear. Pilot declared an emergency and landed at ryv without incident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS IN ROUTE FROM ANE TO RYV. TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AT 8000 FEET THE PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT COMING FROM UNDER GLARE SHIELD. PILOT TURNED OFF AVIONICS MASTER AND DEPRESSURIZED CABIN AND SMOKE BEGAN TO CLEAR. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT RYV WITHOUT INCIDENT.