# Incident 19900226008929I: Cessna 170B, Fairbanks, AK, February 26, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1990, 13:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4512C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4512C-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 375 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900226008929I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL ON CLIMB. LANDED. FOUND POWER LEAD FROM BUS TO THERMOFUSE BURNED.

## Other reports on N4512C (2)

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

- [Incident 20060427015429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060427015429I), Apr 27, 2006: Cessna 170B (N4512C), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Airman reports to FSDO that he "muscled" the aircraft to the ground in a strong crosswind (greater than 15 knots) rather than going around and as a…
- [Accident 19950615017869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950615017869A), Jun 15, 1995: Cessna 170B (N4512C), Gulkana, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing over controlled dragged a wing and ground looped.

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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