# Incident 19800531052179I: Cessna 172N, Wappingers Fall, NY, May 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: Wappingers Fall, NY
- Airport: Dutchess Co
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5104D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5104D-2018-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 500 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/19800531052179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDING AFTER SMELLING SMOKE. FOUND SHORTED LANDING LIGHT SWITCH.

## Other reports on N5104D (2)

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

- [Accident 20160103000319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160103000319A), Jan 3, 2016: Cessna 172N (N5104D), Pender, NE, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On January 3, 2016, at approximately 1846 central standard time a Cessna 172 was substantially damaged due to impact with the terrain during descent. The…
- [Incident 20020523009839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020523009839I), May 23, 2002: Cessna 172N (N5104D), Ozark, AL. (-23) Pilot departed ormand beach municipal, omn, en route to selma, craig field, sem, in N5104D at approximately 1330 EDT. Approximately 2 hours and forty…

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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