# Incident 20110618017589I: Cessna 182T, Waterbury, CT, June 18, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2011, 10:19 local time
- Place: Waterbury, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N482CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N482CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110618017589I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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