# Incident 19810426030809I: Cessna 182R, PA, April 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1981, 10:25 local time
- Place: PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7393Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7393Y-1989-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 15 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/19810426030809I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT MAINTENANCE FOUND BURNED RESISTOR IN LIGHTING SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N7393Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19850824042119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850824042119A), Aug 24, 1985: Cessna R182 (N7393Y), Browntown, VA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Weather briefer gave better report than actual. VFR pilot departed. Struck obscured mountain. Recent 1HR IFR dual.

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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