# Incident 20150512007009I: Dehavilland DHC-8-106, Anchorage, AK, May 12, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2015, 14:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Ted Stevens Anchorage International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: 7C7A
- Location: 61.1741° N, 149.9981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (ANC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1741&lon=-149.9981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N885EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N885EA-2025-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-8-106 (registry code 2809020, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-8-106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-8-106
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW121A
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,868 total, 7,800 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150512007009I

## Narrative

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

ON 5/12/2015 AT 1445 LOCAL TIME N885EA, A CORVUS AIRLINES OWNED DHC-8-106 DEPARTED ANCHORAGE, AK FOR KODIAK, AK. ON A SCHEDULED FAR 121 FILIGHT. WX WAS CLEAR, DRY AND SUNNY. DURING CLIMB OUT, AT 2000 FEET THE CREW SMELLED SMOKE AND THE PIC SAW SMOKE. THEY DONNED MASKS, RAN CHECKLIST AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PRIMARY INVERTER CAUTION LIGHT AND MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE PIC DISABLED THE PRIMARY INVERTER. ATC VECTORED THEM BACK TO ANCHORAGE AND THEY LANDED WITH 15 PAX WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE PRIMARY INVERTER WAS INOPERATIVE AND SMELLED LIKE SMOKE. AN SDR WAS CREATED. THE INVERTER IS AN ON CONDITION ITEM AND WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. CORVUS AIRLINE'S ELECTRONIC RECORD SYSTEMS SHOWED NO HISTORY ON INVERTERS FAILING. THE DFDR AND CVR WERE REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BUT REPLACED WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LANDING WEIGHT WAS 32,000 POUNDS (NOT CAUSING AN OVER WEIGHT OR HARD LANDING INSPECTION). THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. NTSB DID NOT ISSUE AN INCIDENT ID NUMBER.

## Other reports on N885EA (1)

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

- [Incident 20210817008639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210817008639I), Aug 17, 2021: Dehavilland DHC-8-106 (N885EA), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. On departure with the aircraft leveling off at 6000 feet, the flight crew noticed that the copilot's windshield began to crack. The crew requested a return to…

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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