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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Eugene, OR · April 2, 1992

Date
April 2, 1992 · 19:15 local
Place
Eugene, OR
Airport
Mahlon Sweet Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N80773
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,475 total250 in this make and model109 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.

Smoke in aircraft. Declared emergency. Landed without incident. Problem was faulty light switch.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT. DECLARED EMERGENCY. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. PROBLEM WAS FAULTY LIGHT SWITCH.