# Incident 20060207002019I: Cessna 172S, Lompoc, CA, February 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2006, 09:29 local time
- Place: Lompoc, CA
- Airport: Lompoc Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6656° N, 120.4675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOMPOC (LPC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6656&lon=-120.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224SP-2009-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,300 total, 250 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060207002019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N224SP DEPARTED SANTA MARIA AT 0830 ON 02/07/06. AT 7000 FEET, WHILE IN CRUISE, THE FAINT SMELL OF ELECTRICAL ODOR AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE ABOVE THE GLARE SHIELD. PILOT/INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ COMMUNICATED TO ATC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED AND ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE RADIOS WAS SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT LOMPOC, CA WITH NO INJURY TO PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE SMELL DISSIPATED, AND ELECTRICAL POWER WAS RESTORED. AFTER 25 MINUTES THE CREW TOOK OFF FROM LOMPOC, CA AND FLEW BACK TO SANTA MARIA. NO EVIDENCE OF ELECTRICAL ODOR OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ (OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT) ELECTED TO REPLACE THE TAXI LIGHT SWITCH AS A PRECAUTION.

## Other reports on N224SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20030911025129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030911025129I), Sep 11, 2003: Cessna 172S (N224SP), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot lost directional control during touch and go.

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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