# Incident 19801226088099I: Cessna T210N, Holyoke, CO, December 26, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1980, 19:20 local time
- Place: Holyoke, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5821° N, 102.2968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holyoke, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5821&lon=-102.2968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6182C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6182C-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 100 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/19801226088099I

## Narrative

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

ZT FLIGHT RETURNED AFTER SMOKE IN COCKPIT. ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED, WIRE FAILED UNDER HEAVY LOAD.

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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