# Incident 20061228027659I: Cirrus SR22, San Jose, CA, December 28, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2006, 11:38 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3329° N, 121.8198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY (RHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3329&lon=-121.8198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N787CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N787CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 975 total, 385 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061228027659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/28/2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:18 PST, N787CD DEPARTED REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT (RHV) FOR PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT (PSP). APPROXIMATELY 10 NM NORTH WEST OF PANOCHE VORTAC (PXN) WHILE CLIMBING TO 13,500 FEET MSL, THE PILOT SMELLED BURNING INSULATION AND OBSERVED WISPY WHITE SMOKE RISING UP FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARDS THE NEAREST AIRPORT (HOLLISTER, CA) AND STARTED TROUBLESHOOTING THE PROBLEM. THE PILOT NOTICED THE RPM GAUGE WENT TO ZERO SO HE PULLED THE BREAKERS CONNECTED TO THAT BUSS. THE SMELL SUBSIDED AND THEY OBSERVED NO MORE SMOKE. AT THIS POINT THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE BACK TO REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N787CD (1)

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

- [Accident 20220606007499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220606007499A), Jun 6, 2022: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (N787CD), Nashville, AR, Substantial damage. At about 0740 on June 6, N787CD approaching to land on rw 19 at the Nashville airport (M77) just as a squall line was approaching the field. Airman states the…

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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