# Incident 20001219028319I: Cessna 172N, St Paul, MN, December 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9346° N, 93.0604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FLD (STP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9346&lon=-93.0604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733PW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733PW-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 400 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001219028319I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER DEPARTURE FROM ST PAUL DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, ST PAUL, MN (STP), THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DURING EXAMINATIONOF THE A/C, A LARGE CRACK WAS FOUND IN THE ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N733PW (1)

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

- [Incident 19860801054929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860801054929I), Aug 1, 1986: Cessna 172N (N733PW), Brighton, MI, Minor damage. Landed long with a quartering tailwind. Overran the runway and struck a drainage ditch.

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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