# Incident 20000920031879I: Cessna 152, Phoenix, AZ, September 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2000, 10:15 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N629PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 200 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/20000920031879I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 09-20-00, PILOT WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN VICINITY OF DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT), PHOENIX, AZ. AT APPROXIMATELY 1015LCL TIME, BOTH CFI AND STUDENT NOTICED SMOKE EMINATING FROM THE FACE PLATE OF THE #1 VHF COMM TRANSCEIVER.  CFI INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT PILOT TO CONTACT DVT TOWER AND DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR FIRE ON BOARD.  CFI THEN TURNED OFF THE RADIO MASTER SWITCH AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT DVT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FURTHER EXAMINATION BY CFI AFTER LANDING REVEALED NO EVIDENCE  OF FIRE AS WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED TO DVT TOWER, ONLY SMOKE.

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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