# Incident 19861205080379I: Cessna 402C, Portland, ME, December 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1986, 08:30 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FSEA
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126PB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861205080379I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOORS OUT OF RIG CAUSED HYDRAULIC LEAK.

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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