# Incident 19781017032889I: Cessna 182, Oklahoma City, OK, October 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1978, 09:30 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79107, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 78 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/19781017032889I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED SMOKE AND FUMES RIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOREIGN MATERIAL HAD IGNITED IN HEATER

## Other reports on N79107 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020530012259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020530012259A), May 30, 2002: Cessna 182P (N79107), Roosevelt, AZ, No damage. (.19) On may 30, 2002, at 1130 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182P, N79107, struck trees after making a precautionary landing at the Grapevine Airport…

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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