# Incident 20020113000619I: Cessna 180, Wasilla, AK, January 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wasilla, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5785° N, 149.4763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasilla, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5785&lon=-149.4763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2943A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2943A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 915 total, 900 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020113000619I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT ENCOUNTERED SMOKE IN COCKPIT ENROUTE, OPENED WINDOW TO DISPERSE SMOKE. DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDED WASILLA AIRPORT.  FIRE DEPARTMENT MET AIRCRAFT AND SMOKE HAD DISSAPATED BY THAT TIME.  PILOT INSPECTED AIRCRAFT, FOUND CHARRED WIRE UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL.  CUT BACK DAMAGED WIRE AND SECURED.  PERFORMED GROUND OPERATIONAL CHECK OF AIRCRAFT, SATISFACTORY.  AIRCRAFT STILL AT WASILLA AIRPORT, PILOT WANTS TO TAKE TO AVIONICS SHOP FOR INSPECTION OF WIRING.  AS PER CONVERSATION WITH PILOT 1/18/02.  PILOT BELIEVES WIRE WAS PREVIOUSLY HOOKED TO C/B RADIO THAT WAS REMOVED PREVIOUSLY.  RADIO REMOVED BECAUSE NO DOCUMENTATION WAS FOUND TO SUBSTANTIATE INSTALLATION.

## Other reports on N2943A (2)

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

- [Incident 20050510011139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050510011139I), May 10, 2005: Cessna 180 (N2943A), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. (-23) After landing, the pilot's taxi route required transit of a construction zone. Separate routes for vehicles and aircraft were established through this…
- [Incident 19851126067309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851126067309I), Nov 26, 1985: Cessna 180 (N2943A), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During taxi downwind to takeoff on ice, ski equipped aircraft was blown into channel bank. Damage to propeller.

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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