# Incident 20110714015329I: Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47, West Palm Beach, FL, July 14, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach Intn'L
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operator: AFIK
- Location: 26.7153° N, 80.0534° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Palm Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7153&lon=-80.0534&mi=10
- Aircraft: N699AF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PILATUS AIRCRAFT LTD PC-12/47
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110714015329I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/14/2011 AT 1500 EST LOCAL, PILOT OF N699AF, A PILATUS PC-12 EXPERIENCED SMELLOF SMOKE AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PBI DURING CLIMB PHASE OF FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED EADI ON LEFT SIDE BRIEFLY WENT INOPERATIVE AND AUTOFLIGHT SYSTEM DISCONNECTED. 30-40 SECONDS LATER THE THE EADI AND AUTOFLIGHT SYSTEM CAME BACK ON. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY ANDRETURNED TO SAFELY LAND AT PBI.MAINTENANCE RECORDED REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EADI AND TESTED AUTOFLIGHT SYSTEM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AUTO FLIGHT SYSTEM WAS NOT THE SOURCE OF SMOKE SMELL. EADI THAT WAS REMOVED, S/N 2347 WAS SENT OUT FOR REPAIR. IT WAS REPLACED BY SAME P/N 066-03125-2500 S/N 2457.NO FURTHER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.END OF RECORD.

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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