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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · Opa Locka, FL · November 25, 2012

Date
November 25, 2012 · 15:00 local
Place
Opa Locka, FL
Airport
Opa Locka
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AFWA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N350SP
Reported as
Cessna 402B
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,189 total50 in this make and model92 in the last 90 days

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.

On decent into Opa Locka smoke came from the number one radio. The pilot notified air traffic control of the situation and turned off all avionics equipment and the pilot waited for light gun signals to verify that he was cleared to land on runway 27R. Aircraft landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECENT INTO OPA LOCKA SMOKE CAME FROM THE NUMBER ONE RADIO. THE PILOT NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF THE SITUATION AND TURNED OFF ALL AVIONICS EQUIPMENT AND THE PILOT WAITED FOR LIGHT GUN SIGNALS TO VERIFY THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27R. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY.

Other reports on N350SP · 1

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