# Incident 19880906056189I: Cessna 172N, Scottsbluff, NE, September 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1988, 13:55 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport: William B Heilig Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8681° N, 103.6607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsbluff, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8681&lon=-103.6607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6338D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6338D-2003-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 240 total, 115 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880906056189I

## Narrative

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

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

## Other reports on N6338D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960112000559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960112000559A), Jan 12, 1996: Cessna 172N (N6338D), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Was taxiing south of taxiway, caught by gust of wind, slid off taxiway into snowbank, prop and leftwing damaged. (-23) student pilot was on second supervised…

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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