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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 680 · Santa Ana, CA · July 19, 2014

Date
July 19, 2014 · 11:30 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Coun
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DXTA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N370QS
Reported as
Cessna 680
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
7,267 total1,441 in this make and model73 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

20 Minutes after take off and cruising at 15000 feet the APU was started and a strong electrical burning smell was noted. The bleed air was turned off and APU shut down. The crew diverted to ksna and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

20 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND CRUISING AT 15000 FEET THE APU WAS STARTED AND A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL WAS NOTED. THE BLEED AIR WAS TURNED OFF AND APU SHUT DOWN. THE CREW DIVERTED TO KSNA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.