# Incident 20190531005499I: Israel Aircraft Industries GALAXY, Detroit, MI, May 31, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2019, 15:43 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne Cou
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CWQA
- Location: 42.2138° N, 83.3538° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2138&lon=-83.3538&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries GALAXY (registry code 4500307, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-galaxy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306A (registry code 52165, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES GALAXY
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW306A
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190531005499I

## Narrative

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

OWNER FLIGHT. DETROIT, MI (DTW): EJM540, GALX, BTV-ORD, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO SMOKE IN THE CARGO BAY AND DIVERTED TO DTW. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 21L AT 1918Z AND STOPPED. TEN OCCUPANTS EVACUATED BY STAIRS ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE EIGHT PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED BY VAN TO THE FBO. AFTER FIRE RESCUE INSPECTION DETERMINED THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A FIRE, THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FBO AT 1935Z. 05/31/2019 1943Z. DRA EVENT ID 578341.

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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