# Incident 20080729842029I: Cessna 172, San Jose, CA, July 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2008, 11:30 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NZDS
- 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: N737TX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737TX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080729842029I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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