# Incident 19780130005329I: Cessna 172, Kenai, AK, January 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1978, 11:05 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5198A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5198A-1996-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 179 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780130005329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SMELLED SMOKE DURING CLIMBOUT, RETURNED.

## Other reports on N5198A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940816021579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940816021579A), Aug 16, 1994: Cessna 172 (N5198A), Big Lake, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. VFR not advised. Went anywat. Lost on top. Ran out of fuel trying for strip through hole in clouds. Stalled short.

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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