# Incident 20120913020319I: Beech 200, Sitka, AK, September 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2012, 00:20 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Airport: Sitka Rocky Gut
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: G1IA
- Location: 57.0531° N, 135.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sitka, AK, within about 30 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0531&lon=-135.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983C-2019-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120913020319I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH, APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES FROM THE SITKA AIRPORT (PASI) THE PILOT DETECTED A SLIGHT ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING THEN NOTICED SMOKE.  THE PILOT THEN DONNED THE 02 MASK AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH JUNEAU FSS.  PILOT PROCEEDED ON THE APPROACH AND LANDED W/O INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N983C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070909824879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070909824879I), Sep 9, 2007: Beech 200BEECH (N983C), Sitka, AK, Minor damage. (-23) N983C was on approach to Sitka when they noticed a gear unsafe warning light and discovered that the nose gear had not extended. The pilots executed the…

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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