# Incident 20121125028569I: Cessna 402B, Opa Locka, FL, November 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2012, 15:00 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AFWA
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N350SP-2019-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,189 total, 50 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121125028569I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20160326004809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326004809I), Mar 26, 2016: Cessna 402B (N350SP), Fort Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. On Saturday March 26, 2016, aircraft N350SP, a Cessna 402B, sn 402B0580, departed fll, piloted by [privacy data omitted], certificate no[privacy data omitted]…

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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