# Incident 19900326015099I: Cessna 172F, Paso Robles, CA, March 26, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1990, 12:15 local time
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: Paso Robles Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6729° N, 120.6271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PASO ROBLES MUNI (PRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6729&lon=-120.6271&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8410U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8410U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 50 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/19900326015099I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FIRE IN COCKPIT DURING TAXI. SHUT DOWN AND EVACUATED. SUSPECT DOME LIGHT CONTROL OVERHEATED.

## Other reports on N8410U (1)

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

- [Incident 20081007847889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081007847889I), Oct 7, 2008: Cessna 172F (N8410U), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] stated he obtained a weather briefing prior to taxiing the aircraft and was briefed that the current winds were as strong as the…

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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