19981202042039I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Denver, CO · December 2, 1998

Date
December 2, 1998 · 18:22 local
Place
Denver, CO
Airport
Jeffco Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N731GC
Reported as
Cessna P210N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total425 in this make and model35 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.

(-5)Pilot stated that he 'noticed the acrid smell of electrical parts overheating" while flying at 9000 feet near bjc, and "very shortly thereafter, I saw a small amount of smoke, and fearing an electrical fire, declared an emergency..." And made an uneventful landing bjc.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT STATED THAT HE 'NOTICED THE ACRID SMELL OF ELECTRICAL PARTS OVERHEATING" WHILE FLYING AT 9000 FEET NEAR BJC, AND "VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, I SAW A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE, AND FEARING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY..." AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING BJC.