# Incident 20091030051249I: Cessna 172RG, Weston, FL, October 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Weston, FL
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BY8S
- Location: 26.1001° N, 80.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weston, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1001&lon=-80.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9985B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9985B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 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/20091030051249I

## Narrative

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

DURING STEEP TURNS PRACTICE, STUDENT AND CFI NOTED ELECTRIC SMELL/SMOKE COMMING FROM UNDERNEATH INSTRUMENT PANEL.  CFI TOOK CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WHILE STUDENT PERFORMED FIRE CHECK LIST.  CFI ALSO NOTED NO RESPONSE OF POWER WITH THROTTLE FULL IN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED OFF FIELD SAFELY ON I-75 ALLIGATOR ALLEY WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURY.  STUDENT ADMITTED TO HAVE TURN OFF KEY SWITCH (MAGS OFF) AS PART OF CHECK LIST.  CFI AFTER LANDING REALISED LOST OF POWER WAS DUE TO KEY SWITCH BEING IN THE OFF POSITION.

## Other reports on N9985B (2)

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

- [Accident 20121114027949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121114027949A), Nov 14, 2012: Cessna 172RG (N9985B), Lexington, KY, Substantial damage. N9985B a Cessna 172RG was on a IFR flight plan to I68, lebanon-warren co. airport when they selected gear down and got an unsafe indication. Emergency gear…
- [Incident 19891012054449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891012054449I), Oct 12, 1989: Cessna 172RG (N9985B), Conway, SC, Minor damage. Unable to lock gear down. Landed gear up. Pivot assembly sheared shaft to actuator allowing gear to swing free.

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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