# Incident 20130114001129I: Bell 206-L4, Sunrise, FL, January 14, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2013, 17:10 local time
- Place: Sunrise, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: F7DM
- Location: 26.1716° N, 80.2616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunrise, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1716&lon=-80.2616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401FW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401FW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206-L4 (registry code 1182110, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206-l4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C30P (registry code 54013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c30p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206-L4
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C30P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130114001129I

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC), WAS CONDUCTING A PATROL FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED AT MARATHON AIRPORT (MTH), MONROE COUNTY FL. TO THE FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE), BROWARD COUNTY FL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MTH APPROXIMATELY AT 1540 LOCAL TIME WITHOUT INCIDENT.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1724, THE PIC AND THE OBSERVER NOTICE AN ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. THE OVERHEAD AND THE FRONT PANEL WERE SCANNED FOR ANY INDICATION OF SMOKE OR MALFUNCTION, NO INDICATION OF SMOKE OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE NOTICED.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1725 THE FXE ATC WAS CONTACTED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY IN A FIELD NEAR 3333 NW 90TH TERRACE SUNRISE, FL. POST LANDING INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CABIN AREA.

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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