# Incident 20031024027079I: Cessna 210L, Pittsburgh, PA, October 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210SM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210SM-2009-10-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,413 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031024027079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CLIMBOUT DEPARTING KAGC, PILOT SMELLED FUMES, THEN HE OBSERVED A PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE ISSUE FROM THE LOWER LEFT INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE INFORMED ALLEGHENY COUNTY TOWER THAT HE HAD SMOKE IN THE CABIN AND REQUESTED AND RECEIVED AN IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE TO RETURN AND LAND AT KAGC. HE LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER ASSISTANCE. AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT RESPONDED AT THE TOWER'S REQUEST. A DEFECTIVE 60 AMP CIRCUIT BREAKER P/N S1596-60 WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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