# Incident 20180221002929I: Hawker Beechcraft Corp 4000, Clevland, OH, February 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2018, 09:52 local time
- Place: Clevland, OH
- Airport: Cleveland-Hopkins International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: OZTA
- Location: 41.4094° N, 81.8547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL (CLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4094&lon=-81.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Beechcraft 4000 (registry code 4220016, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-4000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A (registry code 52187, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw308a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP 4000
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW308A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180221002929I

## Narrative

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

02/21/2018 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KASE FOR KFRG AT 0952 MST / 1652Z. TWO HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT THE FLIGHT CREW DETECTED A HEAVY ODOR IN THE CABIN RESEMBLING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE CABIN BY THE SIC THERE WAS NO SMOKE OR FIRE NOTED, HOWEVER PASSENGERS DID ALSO CONFIRM THE SMELL OF ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL.

THE FLIGHT CREW DIVERTED TO NEAREST SUITABLE AIRPORT (KCLE) DUE TO INCREASING LEVEL OF ODOR

FLIGHT CREW DID INFORM ATC THEY WERE DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, CREW BRIEFED THE 3 PASSENGERS (1 ADULT 2 CHILDREN) OF THEIR INTENTION TO DIVERT.  FLIGHT CREW DID EXECUTE A LANDING AT KCLE RUNWAY 6L. UPON SUCCESSFUL LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY AIRPORT ARFF MET THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY. FLIGHT CREW EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF ALL PASSENGERS USING THE MAIN CABIN DOOR ON THE TAXIWAY AND POWERED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

02/28/2018 AFTER MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL ODOR WAS FOUND TO BE CHAFFED / SHORTED WIRES IN ELECTRICAL BUNDLE UNDER FLOOR AT THE MAIN CABIN DOOR. DOOR HINGE FOUND TO BE CHAFFING WIRE BUNDLE UNDER THE FLOOR CAUSING DOOR MOTOR TO RUN WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE ELECTRICAL ODOR. WIRE HARNESS HAS BEEN REPAIRED, MAIN CABIN DOOR MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHOUT FURTHER OCCURRENCE OF THE ELECTRICAL ODOR.

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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