# Incident 20110819017099I: Aerospatiale AS350 B2 ECUREUIL, Port Isabel, TX, August 19, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2011, 17:30 local time
- Place: Port Isabel, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HDNA
- Location: 26.0658° N, 97.3098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Isabel, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0658&lon=-97.3098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911VA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE AS350 B2 ECUREUIL
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIEL 1D1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110819017099I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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