38.7311° N, 120.7977° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Placerville, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 16, 1978 · 14:45 local
Place
Placerville, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N193
Reported as
Cessna 337
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total350 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.
Precautionary landing due to electrical smoke in the cockpit. A short had burned some of the wiring.
As the FAA filed it
PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. A SHORT HAD BURNED SOME OF THE WIRING.