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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piaggio P180 · Victorville, CA · June 24, 2020

Date
June 24, 2020 · 12:45 local
Place
Victorville, CA
Airport
Victorville
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N180BP
Reported as
Piaggio P180
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
11,500 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Light smoke began to enter the cockpit through the air vents. The emergency checklist was consulted. It directed turning off the bleed air switches. The smoke immediately stopped and was dissipating quickly.

As the FAA filed it

LIGHT SMOKE BEGAN TO ENTER THE COCKPIT THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS CONSULTED. IT DIRECTED TURNING OFF THE BLEED AIR SWITCHES. THE SMOKE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND WAS DISSIPATING QUICKLY.