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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Scottsbluff, NE · September 6, 1988

Date: September 6, 1988 · 13:55 local
Place: Scottsbluff, NE
Airport: William B Heilig Field
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6338D
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 240 total115 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N6338DRegistration cancelled Jun 19, 2003 · Cessna 172NS/N 17272724 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke behind instrument panel. Returned. Fire extinguished. Light rheostat resistor pigtail shorted causing arcing.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL. RETURNED. FIRE EXTINGUISHED. LIGHT RHEOSTAT RESISTOR PIGTAIL SHORTED CAUSING ARCING.

Other reports on N6338D · 1

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