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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna TR182 · Lafayette, IN · May 11, 1986

Date: May 11, 1986 · 15:45 local
Place: Lafayette, IN
Airport: Purdue University
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N737LM
Reported as: Cessna TR182
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total20 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N737LMRegistered now · Cessna TR182S/N R18200845 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna TR182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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 in cockpit en route. Smoke extinguished on turning off master. Power wire to autopilot shorted on flap switch

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT EN ROUTE. SMOKE EXTINGUISHED ON TURNING OFF MASTER. POWER WIRE TO AUTOPILOT SHORTED ON FLAP SWITCH