# Incident 20080507832329I: Cessna 172M, Santa Rosa, CA, May 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5097° N, 122.8129° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY (STS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5097&lon=-122.8129&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12161, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 805 total, 460 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507832329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS GIVING LESSONS TO A STUDENT PILOT. HE STATED THAT HE AND HIS STUDENT WERE STARTING TO SMELL FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. AS THEY WERE ONLY A MILE AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT PATTERN, THEY CONTINUED INTO THE AIRPORT AND ADVISED THE SANTA ROSA TOWER OF THEIR SITUATION. UPON LANDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD RESPONDED TO THE AIRCRAFT. PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE INSIDE THE LOWER COWLING OF THE CESSNA. IT APPEARED THAT THE WIRES TO THE LANDING LIGHT MAY HAVE ARCED AND STARTED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT. NO ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED.

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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