# Incident 20031017026039I: Cessna 150M, Concord, CA, October 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCHANAN FLD (CCR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704MZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704MZ-2021-11-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 117 total, 7 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031017026039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ENROUTE FROM ATWATER AIRPORT TO CONCORD AIRPORT WHEN HE OBSERVED AN ORANGE GLOW FROM UNDER THE PILOT'S INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT REPORTED THAT SMOKE BEGAN FILLING THE AIRCRAFT COCKPIT. PILOT PLACED THE AIRCRAFT MASTER POWER SWITCH OFF. PILOT OPENED A WINDOW TO VENT THE SMOKE FROM THE COCKPIT. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT CLIMBING TO 5000FT DIRECT TO CONCORD CA AND CONTACTED CONCORD ATCT VIA HIS CELL PHONE. PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND BY AIRTRAFFIC, PILOT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N704MZ (2)

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

- [Incident 20200410004519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200410004519I), Apr 10, 2020: Cessna 150M (N704MZ), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. During landing phase of flight, aircraft porpoised, hard landed, sheering off NLG and propeller struck runway.
- [Incident 19800309024259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800309024259I), Mar 9, 1980: Cessna 150M (N704MZ), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot struck the rudder of a parked aircraft while taxiing to the ramp.

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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