# Incident 20000720011709I: Cessna 182Q, Fullerton, CA, July 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2000, 11:05 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735MS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N735MS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 250 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000720011709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. A/C LANDED SAFELY WITH NO DAMAGE TO A/C AND NO INJURIES TO CREW. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ALTERNATORE POWER WIRE FROM THE ALTERNATOR TO THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TO BE HEAT DAMAGED. THE WIRE IS AN EIGHT-GAUGE SHIELDED WIRE WITH ALTERNATOR OUTPUT POWER IN THE CENTER CONDUCTOR AND THE SHIELDING GROUNDED TO THE AIRFRAME GROUND. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON THE SHIELDING CHAFFED THROUGH TO THE POWER CONDUCTOR AND CAUSED A DIRECT SHORT TO GROUND. APPROX. SIX INCHES OF THE WIRE SHOWED DAMAGE. THE INSULATION WAS MELTED BETWEEN THE POWER CONDUCTOR AND THE SHIELDING DUE TO ARCING. THE DAMAGED SECTION OF THE WIRE WAS REPLACED AND THE SHIELDING WAS INSPECTED ADJACENT TO THE DAMAGED AREA. NO CHAFFING OR DEFECTS WERE NOTED.

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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