19880128013779I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Muscle Shoals, AL · January 28, 1988

Date
January 28, 1988 · 11:55 local
Place
Muscle Shoals, AL
Airport
Muscle Shoals
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5821J
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O470S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total400 in this make and model15 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 and sparks came from the master switch area. Advised ATC. Cut master switch. Landed ok. Faulty master switch.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE AND SPARKS CAME FROM THE MASTER SWITCH AREA. ADVISED ATC. CUT MASTER SWITCH. LANDED OK. FAULTY MASTER SWITCH.