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FAA incident report · Cessna 182T · Waterbury, CT · June 18, 2011

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Date
June 18, 2011 · 10:19 local
Place
Waterbury, CT
Airport
Waterbury-Oxford
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N482CA
Reported as
Cessna 182T
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total250 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N482CARegistered now · Cessna 182TS/N 18282142 · Built 2008Airframe modelCessna 182TEngine modelLycoming IO-540-AB1A5Reciprocating

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.

As the pilot started a descent, smoke started coming out of the vent at the top of the glareshield. The avionic cooling fan for the garmin 1000 avionics vents through the glareshield vent.a large amount of white smoke came out of the vent and the pilot could not see out the front window. He could see a little out of the side window. The pilot stated that it was difficult to breath. When the pilot shut off the avionic switch according to the checklist and the smoke stopped. He landed at oxc without futher incident.

As the FAA filed it

AS THE PILOT STARTED A DESCENT, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE VENT AT THE TOP OF THE GLARESHIELD. THE AVIONIC COOLING FAN FOR THE GARMIN 1000 AVIONICS VENTS THROUGH THE GLARESHIELD VENT.A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE VENT AND THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE OUT THE FRONT WINDOW. HE COULD SEE A LITTLE OUT OF THE SIDE WINDOW. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO BREATH.WHEN THE PILOT SHUT OFF THE AVIONIC SWITCH ACCORDING TO THE CHECKLIST AND THE SMOKE STOPPED.HE LANDED AT OXC WITHOUT FUTHER INCIDENT.