# Incident 20140305001589I: Embraer EMB-145LR, Greenville, TX, March 5, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2014, 20:57 local time
- Place: Greenville, TX
- Airport: Majors Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SIMA
- Location: 33.0678° N, 96.0653° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAJORS (GVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0678&lon=-96.0653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N696AE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N696AE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-145LR (registry code 3260212, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-145lr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AE3007 series (registry code 54582, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-ae3007-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMBRAER EMB-145LR
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AE3007 SER
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140305001589I

## Narrative

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

MARCH 5, 2014, N696AE, EN-ROUTE FROM DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DFW) TO QUAD CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MLI), MOLINE IL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY FOR SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DIVERTED TO MAJORS AIRPORT (GVT), GREENVILLE, TX, JUST AFTER TAKE-OFF FROM DFW. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT GVT, MARCH 6, 2014, AT 0308Z.

FINDINGS WERE, COCKPIT RECIRCULATION FAN BURNT. THE FAN WAS REPLACED AND OPERATIONALLY CHECKED GOOD AND NO ELECTRICAL SMELL OR SMOKE WERE FOUND.

## Other reports on N696AE (1)

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

- [Incident 20121031024859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121031024859I), Oct 31, 2012: Embraer EMB-145LR (N696AE), Omaha, NE, No damage. Flaps failed at zero on approach. A no flap landing executed.

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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