# Incident 20121129025569I: Cessna 208B, Lansing, MI, November 29, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 2012, 19:55 local time
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Airport: Capital Region International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MT9A
- Location: 42.7786° N, 84.5862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPITAL REGION INTL (LAN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7786&lon=-84.5862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1037N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1037N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,991 total, 6,690 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121129025569I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 29, 2012, ABOUT 1955 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, MARTINAIRE FLIGHT 609, A CESSNA 208B, N1037N, PILOT EXPERIENCED A BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT.   THE PILOT STATED THAT #2 AVIONICS BUS CIRCUIT BREAKER/SWITCH WAS WARM/HOT TO THE TOUCH.   THE CIRCUIT BREAKER/SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF AND THE AVIONICS BUSS TIE SWITCH WAS TURNED ON.   A FEW MINUTES LATER BOTH THE #1 AND THE #2 AVIONICS CIRCUIT BREAKER SWITCHES WERE WARM/HOT AND THE BURNING SMELL REAPPEARED.  THE PILOT REPORTED "SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT" TO KLAN ATCT, HOWEVER LATER ADMITTING THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY VISIBLE SMOKE.  THE PILOT PULLED THE COM 1 AND COM 2 CIRCUIT BREAKERS.  KLAN ATCT WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE VIA CELLULAR TEXTING FOR THE CLEARANCE TO LAND.   AN EMERGENCY WAS NOT DECLARED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KLAN WITHOUT INCIDENT.  IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE #1 POTTER & BRUMFIELD 30 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER/SWITCH HAD FAILED "SHORTED" CIRCUIT AND THE #2 CIRCUIT BREAKER/SWITCH HAD FAILED "OPEN" CIRCUIT.

## Other reports on N1037N (2)

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

- [Incident 20180101000369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180101000369I), Jan 1, 2018: Cessna 208B (N1037N), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. On January 1, 2018 at approximately 1900 CST, a Cessna 208B caravan, aircraft registration number N1037N, at will rogers world airport (okc) struck a taxiway…
- [Accident 20040804018689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040804018689A), Aug 4, 2004: Cessna 208B (N1037N), Big Rapids, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) 08/04/04: Aircraft departed grr and 3-4 minutes after leveling off at 7000', pilot reported getting cargo door warning light and then heard "thump",…

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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