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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Alvarado, TX · June 10, 1990

Date
June 10, 1990 · 13:30 local
Place
Alvarado, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N734KG
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
195 total94 in this make and model128 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Smelled smoke in cockpit. Turned off master switch. Landed in field. Switch was shorted.

As the FAA filed it

SMELLED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. TURNED OFF MASTER SWITCH. LANDED IN FIELD. SWITCH WAS SHORTED.

Other reports on N734KG · 2

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