# Incident 20121228028579I: Cessna 210L, Pahokee, FL, December 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2012, 22:58 local time
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach Co Glades
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 26.7850° N, 80.6934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY GLADES (PHK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7850&lon=-80.6934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2013S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2013S-2015-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,289 total, 1,123 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121228028579I

## Narrative

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

12/28/2012: AIRCRAFT WAS ON A 14CFR135 FLIGHT FROM KTPA-KOPF WHEN THE PILOT NOTED AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE AND SMELT SMOKE. PILOT DECLARED AND EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KPHK AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED ELECTRICAL LEAD HAD BROKE OFF OF THE ALTERNATOR AND BEGAN TO ARC. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N2013S (2)

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

- [Accident 19920921037929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920921037929A), Sep 21, 1992: Cessna 210L (N2013S), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. Unable to extend landing gear. Landed gear up. Chafed wire disabled gear down solenoid.
- [Incident 19840116011559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840116011559I), Jan 16, 1984: Cessna 210L (N2013S), Kaufman, TX, Minor damage. One tank ran dry. Switch fuel tanks too late to restart engine. Landed gear up on ranch land.

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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