19791018052979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Pampa, TX · October 18, 1979

Date: October 18, 1979 · 08:15 local
Place: Pampa, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6553E
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6553ERegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17272037 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Smoke observed from doorpost area, pilot smelled fuel, landed. Doorpost map light wire burned hole in fuel line.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE OBSERVED FROM DOORPOST AREA, PILOT SMELLED FUEL, LANDED. DOORPOST MAP LIGHT WIRE BURNED HOLE IN FUEL LINE.

Other reports on N6553E · 3

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

Accident 19930627024749ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Griswold, CTEncountered forecast IMC, tried to land downwind on nearby airport. Ran off end into trees. Displaced threshold.Jun 27, 1993 · Substantial damage Incident 19901104056819IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Barre/Barree Pl, MAStruck a parked aircraft on landing rollout. Wing tip of parked aircraft was stuck out from grass taxiway.Nov 4, 1990 · Reported as Cessna 172P · Minor damage Accident 19820915046589ALow Level Operations · Hobbs, NMStalled in a steep turnaround to view a leak in a pipeline. Recovered before ground impact but hit a powerline.Sep 15, 1982 · Substantial damage