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FAA incident report · Cessna 560XL · Bedford, MA · June 12, 2020

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Date
June 12, 2020 · 11:58 local
Place
Bedford, MA
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
6WZA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N617CB
Reported as
Cessna 560XL
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total350 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days
N617CBRegistered now · Cessna 560XLS/N 560-5099 · Built 2000Airframe modelCessna 560XLEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW545 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

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

While being vectored for a visual approach, the flight crew noticed a "fuel smell" in the cockpit. The flight crew looked back into the cabin and noted smoke as the smell grew stronger. The flight crew donned their oxygen masks and declared an emergency. The flight landed on runway 29 approximately 2 minutes after declaring the emergency and evacuated the 2 crew and 2 passengers on the taxiway after clearing the runway. No injuries were reported. The aircraft was towed to the ramp and the passengers were picked up by an FBO van and driven to the ramp.

Maintenance personnel were unable to duplicate the fumes/smoke in the cockpit from the APU or from the main engines that the flight crew experienced. Maintenance technicians did discovered unrelated issues that needed correction and the aircraft was ferried from Bedford, MA (bed) to portland, me (pwm) for the repairs. The flight crew reported all systems operated normally and there were no fumes or smoke introduced into the cockpit/cabin.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH, THE FLIGHT CREW NOTICED A "FUEL SMELL" IN THE COCKPIT. THE FLIGHT CREW LOOKED BACK INTO THE CABIN AND NOTED SMOKE AS THE SMELL GREW STRONGER. THE FLIGHT CREW DONNED THEIR OXYGEN MASKS AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE FLIGHT LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AFTER DECLARING THE EMERGENCY AND EVACUATED THE 2 CREW AND 2 PASSENGERS ON THE TAXIWAY AFTER CLEARING THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP AND THE PASSENGERS WERE PICKED UP BY AN FBO VAN AND DRIVEN TO THE RAMP.

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FUMES/SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT FROM THE APU OR FROM THE MAIN ENGINES THAT THE FLIGHT CREW EXPERIENCED. MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS DID DISCOVERED UNRELATED ISSUES THAT NEEDED CORRECTION AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED FROM BEDFORD, MA (BED) TO PORTLAND, ME (PWM) FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FLIGHT CREW REPORTED ALL SYSTEMS OPERATED NORMALLY AND THERE WERE NO FUMES OR SMOKE INTRODUCED INTO THE COCKPIT/CABIN.