# Incident 19900610030579I: Cessna 172N, Alvarado, TX, June 10, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1990, 13:30 local time
- Place: Alvarado, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4103° N, 97.2108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alvarado, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4103&lon=-97.2108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734KG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734KG-2018-01-26) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 94 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900610030579I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20020521011639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020521011639A), May 21, 2002: Cessna 172N (N734KG), Granbury, TX, No damage. (-23) On may 22, 2002, sandro simonetto and a passenger were flying N734KG, a Cessna-172, from hicks field, fort worth, Texas to san antonio. They departed at…
- [Accident 19901022046999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901022046999A), Oct 22, 1990: Cessna 172N (N734KG), Grand Prairie, TX, Substantial damage. Student landed fast. Over controlled. Ran off runway into a VASI light.

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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