# Incident 20081009856769I: Cessna 175A, Champaign/Urba, IL, October 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Champaign/Urba, IL
- Airport: University Of Illinois-Willard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0386° N, 88.2765° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS/WILLARD (CMI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0386&lon=-88.2765&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6945E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6945E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081009856769I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 19780829037569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780829037569A), Aug 29, 1978: Cessna 175A (N6945E), White Bear Lk, MN, Substantial damage

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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