# Incident 19981202042039I: Cessna P210N, Denver, CO, December 2, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1998, 18:22 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731GC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731GC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 425 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981202042039I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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