(Atlantic, IA) — A report of an aircraft with smoke in the cockpit resulted in emergency crews being dispatched to the Atlantic Airport, this (Monday) afternoon. The Atlantic Police Department received a call from Minneapolis ATC (Air Traffic Control) at around 2:50-p.m. about the incident. The P-D relayed that information to the Cass County Communications Center. The Tower said the plane would be landing within five-minutes, but it ended up being sooner. KJAN News spoke with the Pilot, Nick Lambert, of Perry, about what he, and a male passenger, experienced.

(He said he was flying out of Omaha on the way back to Perry, when a vent motor “burned-up” on him. So he made an unscheduled landing in Atlantic.)

Beechcraft KingAir A90. (ric Hanson/photos)

Lambert said they had been out flying all day, and had no previous issues until they were underway on the final leg. Atlantic Fire personnel inspected the 1985 twin-engine Beechcraft King Air TurboProp A90. The smell was in the aircraft cabin, but the source could not immediately be identified. Lambert got on the phone to a mechanic, who suggested he fire-up the engines and see if the circumstances could be replicated. That’s when Lambert narrowed down the source to a vent motor in the cabin. Lambert and his passenger were expected to resume their flight. They were on the ground for about an hour.

FAA records indicate the aircraft is registered to Dutch Aviation, LLC., in Perry.