# Incident 20171114018749I: Beech 300, Madison, WI, November 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane County Regional-Truax Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RU3A
- Location: 43.1399° N, 89.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD (MSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1399&lon=-89.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171114018749I

## Narrative

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

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL260 SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE RIGHT AFT AVIONICS COMPARTMENT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN MADISON, WI.

UPON LANDING PILOT REPORTED HE EXPERIENCED AIRCRAFT CONTROL ISSUES, AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN WAS EXECUTED, AND CREW EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WHERE THEY MET WITH FIREFIGHTERS. IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT NO FIRE WAS OBSERVED.

CAUSE OF SMOKE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DME TRANSCEIVER.

## Other reports on N84 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970108002359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970108002359I), Jan 8, 1997: Beech 300BEECH (N84), Oklahoma City, OK. Narrative: on ILS runway 35R okc - gear handle placed down - no right gear green light. Press to test ok. Still no green light. Used manual extension check…

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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