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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · San Jose, CA · July 29, 2008

Date: July 29, 2008 · 11:30 local
Place: San Jose, CA
Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: NZDS
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N737TX
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,400 total100 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N737TXRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17269672 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted, the flight instructor stated, shortly after takeoff he and his student privacy data omitted smelled burning insulation in the cockpit. They elected to declare an emergency and returned to Reid hill, view airport for landing. Maintenance personnel stated, the hot lead wire connector at the alternator had melted. The wire connector was replaced, and the aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF HE AND HIS STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SMELLED BURNING INSULATION IN THE COCKPIT. THEY ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO REID HILL, VIEW AIRPORT FOR LANDING. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED, THE HOT LEAD WIRE CONNECTOR AT THE ALTERNATOR HAD MELTED. THE WIRE CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.