# Incident 19980121003299I: Cessna 402B, Wilmington, OH, January 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Wilmington, OH
- Airport: Airborne Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4294° N, 83.8177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4294&lon=-83.8177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69404, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69404-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,910 total, 152 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980121003299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE FROM DAYTON, OH (DAY) TO FT. LAUDERDALE, FL (FXE) AT 7000' PILOT DETECTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM CO-PILOT SIDE FLOORBOARD AREA. PILOT DISCHARGED FIRE BOTTLE AND OPENED PILOT SIDE WINDOW TO CLEAR SMOKE FROM COCKPIT. HE THEN SECURED THE MASTER SWITCH AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT WILMINGTON, OH (ILN). PILOT RAN FROM AIRCRAFT TO GET HELP. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED FROM RUNWAY AND INSPECTION REVEALED CABIN HEATER FIRE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH SUBMISSION OF M OR D REPORT.

## Other reports on N69404 (1)

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

- [Incident 19870326026999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870326026999I), Mar 26, 1987: Cessna 402B (N69404), Ft Lauderdale, FL. The engine trailed smoke on takeoff. Aircraft safely returned to airport. Water found in fuel strainer.

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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