# Incident 20020927027079I: Cessna 421B, Mesa, AZ, September 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2002, 18:25 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W9WA
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3AJ-2020-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 150 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020927027079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N3AJ, CESSNA 421B, PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM FALCON FIELD AIRPORT, MESA, AZ. THE PILOT RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135.

## Other reports on N3AJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19920525025199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920525025199I), May 25, 1992: Cessna 421B (N3AJ), Wayne, NE, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Side loading induced failure of gear retract bellcrank mount.

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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