# Incident 19890412016999I: Cessna 172N, Atkins, AR, April 12, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1989, 13:00 local time
- Place: Atkins, AR
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2408° N, 92.9466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atkins, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2408&lon=-92.9466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5192E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5192E-1989-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 2,300 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/19890412016999I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL INFLIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. RHEOSTAT TRANSISTOR HAD MELTED CAUSING THE SMOKE.

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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