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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · Ft Lauderdale, FL · September 15, 2002

Date
September 15, 2002 · 15:00 local
Place
Ft Lauderdale, FL
Airport
Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N543G
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total300 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Instrument panel circuit braker popped reset and smoke came from under instrument panel. Landed aircraft without incident. Found extra unused wire under panel had arched to ground. Wire was removed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INSTRUMENT PANEL CIRCUIT BRAKER POPPED RESET AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL. LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. FOUND EXTRA UNUSED WIRE UNDER PANEL HAD ARCHED TO GROUND. WIRE WAS REMOVED.