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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna TU206* · Coalinga, CA · August 30, 1984

Date
August 30, 1984 · 19:00 local
Place
Coalinga, CA
Airport
San Jose
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N736DV
Reported as
Cessna TU206*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
395 total5 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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 in cockpit during cruise. Pilot turned electrical off and smoke disappeared. Could not find cause.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING CRUISE. PILOT TURNED ELECTRICAL OFF AND SMOKE DISAPPEARED. COULD NOT FIND CAUSE.