# Incident 19780513033509I: Cessna 182, Prescott, AZ, May 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1978, 15:57 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5407B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5407B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 24 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/19780513033509I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20240913012959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240913012959A), Sep 13, 2024: Cessna 182 (N5407B), Buckland, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to land on a gravel bar in a river bed. He lined up his approach at a bad angle. Once he touched down in an effort to turn left with the slope…
- [Accident 20080213010429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080213010429A), Feb 13, 2008: Cessna 182 (N5407B), Livermore, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot was landing on runway 25R at Livermore, the winds were from the north at 20 mph gusting to 30 mph. During roll out the aircraft ground looped…

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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