20081009856769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 175A · Champaign/Urba, IL · October 9, 2008

Date
October 9, 2008 · 21:00 local
Place
Champaign/Urba, IL
Airport
University Of Illinois-Willard
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6945E
Reported as
Cessna 175A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot declared an emergency after pilot saw "bright red glow under rudder pedals" and smelled a "burning plastic smell". Aircraft at Champaign, IL (kcmi) this incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AFTER PILOT SAW "BRIGHT RED GLOW UNDER RUDDER PEDALS" AND SMELLED A "BURNING PLASTIC SMELL". AIRCRAFT AT CHAMPAIGN, IL (KCMI) THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

Other reports on N6945E · 1

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