# Incident 19980818030649I: Cessna 210J, Wheeling, WV, August 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1998, 14:21 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.1750° N, 80.6463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELING OHIO COUNTY (HLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1750&lon=-80.6463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3345S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3345S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210J (registry code 2073439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980818030649I

## Narrative

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

THE C-210 DEPARTED FWA, DESTINATION PIT. PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCK PIT AND LOSS OF HSI AND CDI. PILOT DIVERTED TO HLG AND LANDED A 1421Z. NO EMERGENCY  WAS DECLARED. MAINTENANCE FOUND A PROBLEM TO BE BURNT WIRE TO SPLIT BUS RELAY.

## Other reports on N3345S (1)

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

- [Incident 20010217002249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217002249I), Feb 17, 2001: Cessna 210J (N3345S), Fairhope, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that entire flight was normal until gear horn sounded on final approach after a one hour flight. Indication was that main gear was down with…

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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