# Incident 20130109000809I: Cessna 150E, El Cajon, CA, January 9, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2013, 15:45 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8017° N, 116.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Cajon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8017&lon=-116.9605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3069J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3069J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 3 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130109000809I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMB-OUT, THE PILOT DETECTED A SMELL LIKE SOMETHING BURNING AND NOTICED A WISP OF SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  ATC REPORTED THAT THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED FOR LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT MUFFLER HAD FAILED CAUSING EXHAUST GASSES TO BE DIRECTED ONTO THE BATTERY BOX AREA.  THE BATTERY CONTACTOR RELAY AND OTHER WIRING IN THE AREA WAS DAMAGED AS WELL.  IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE END CAP OF THE MUFFLER HAD FAILED AT THE WELD AND HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF.

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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