26.0658° N, 97.3098° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Isabel, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 2011 · 17:30 local
Place
Port Isabel, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
HDNA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N911VA
Reported as
Aerospatiale AS350 B2 Ecureuil
Reported engine
Turbomeca ARRIEL-1D1
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
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.
Pilot smelled smoke, but did not see any smoke. He then verifird the smell with crew and once they concurred that they smelled the smoke, the pilot completed a precautionary landing. Operator then ground ran the aircraft over 10 minutes with everything on unable to duplicate the smell of smoke.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT SMELLED SMOKE, BUT DID NOT SEE ANY SMOKE. HE THEN VERIFIRD THE SMELL WITH CREW AND ONCE THEY CONCURRED THAT THEY SMELLED THE SMOKE, THE PILOT COMPLETED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. OPERATOR THEN GROUND RAN THE AIRCRAFT OVER 10 MINUTES WITH EVERYTHING ON UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE SMELL OF SMOKE.