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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Prescott, AZ · May 13, 1978

Date
May 13, 1978 · 15:57 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5407B
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total24 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Forced landing due to smoke in cockpit. Light dimmer shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. LIGHT DIMMER SHORTED OUT.

Other reports on N5407B · 2

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