# Incident 19950311008999I: Cessna 172H, North Pole, AK, March 11, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1995, 16:00 local time
- Place: North Pole, AK
- Airport: Bradley Sky-Ranch
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7592° N, 147.3876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY SKY-RANCH (95Z), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7592&lon=-147.3876&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4984R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4984R-2008-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 75 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950311008999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT HAD BEEN FLYING FOR APPROX. 11/2 HOURS ON A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING TRIP WHEN HE OBSERVED SMOKE IN THE CABIN. APPROX. 2 MINUTES LATER HE HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOT OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SHAKING WITH A NOTICEABLE LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADLEY SKY RANCH WHERE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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