# Incident 19900722055499I: Cessna 340A, Carlsbad, CA, July 22, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1990, 20:05 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100UW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100UW-2024-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,720 total, 19 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900722055499I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PRIORITY HANDLING FOR RETURN. TWO CAPPED WIRES WERE LOOSE AND SPARKING.

## Other reports on N100UW (2)

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

- [Incident 20221122018169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221122018169I), Nov 22, 2022: Cessna 340A (N100UW), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted]Landed on runway 27 at 1557 local 11/22/2022. Pilot taxied off runway 27 and turned left on to runway 16/34. After turn notified tower of…
- [Accident 20030424004209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030424004209A), Apr 24, 2003: Cessna 340A (N100UW), Boulder City, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) During taxi from hanger to fuel pumps aircraft was on taxiway when a telephone man hole cover broke as aircraft weight was on it. Man hole cover was…

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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