# Incident 19780131001689I: Cessna 182Q, Peoria, IL, January 31, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1978, 18:30 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Airport: Greater
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735KV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735KV-2015-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 400 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/19780131001689I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE FROM BELOW THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE TURNED OFF THE ALTERNATOR, LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N735KV (1)

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

- [Accident 20120820017719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120820017719A), Aug 20, 2012: Cessna 182Q (N735KV), Destroyed. The pilot was with an instructor conducting mountain flying training. The aircraft was returning to home base after having lunch at a remote airfield. The…

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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