# Incident 20100805040819I: Cessna R182, Puyallup, WA, August 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2010, 10:15 local time
- Place: Puyallup, WA
- Airport: Pierce County - Thun Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 47.1039° N, 122.2872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIERCE COUNTY/THUN FLD (PLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1039&lon=-122.2872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7592Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7592Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other 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/20100805040819I

## Narrative

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

8/05/2010 AIRCRAFT WAS ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT AND HAD CLIMBED OUT TO AN ALTITUDE OF 2000MSL AND PROCEEDED TO APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH OF THUN FIELD, PUYALLUP, WA. AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMING MULTIPLE 8'S ON PYLONS AND S-TURNS OVER THE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO THUN FIELD AND MADE A FULL STOP. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 16 AND INITIATED HIS TAKE-OFF ROLL, AIRCRAFT ROTATED AND AT APPROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 50 FEET, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE DISPLAY TO THE GPS WENT BLANK FOLLOWED BY SMOKE COMING FROM THE GPS LOCATION. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY HEAVY BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE DEFROST VENTS ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND BEGAN A RIGHT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING IN ORDER TO MAKE A LEFT TURN BACK TO RUNWAY 34. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WHILE ON THE RUNWAY. PERSONNEL AT THE AIRPORT RESPONDED WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND PUT OUT THE FIRE.

## Other reports on N7592Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20211122019239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211122019239A), Nov 22, 2021: Cessna R182 (N7592Y), Puyallup, WA, Substantial damage. L MLG would not lock in the down position prior to landing. After emergency procedures were accomplished, l MLG remained hanging down in the unlocked position.…
- [Accident 20020729018709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020729018709A), Jul 29, 2002: Cessna R182 (N7592Y), Puyallup, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 29, 2002 at approx 1630 hrs PDT marshall l. collins a CFI and michael a. welch a student with a private pilot certificate departed Thun field…

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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