# Incident 20140519009759I: Cessna U206F, Homer, AK, May 19, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2014, 16:50 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ENEA
- Location: 59.6455° N, 151.4766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOMER (HOM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6455&lon=-151.4766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7138Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7138Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 278 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140519009759I

## Narrative

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

DURING A 14 CFR PART 135 FLIGHT THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE SMELLED FUMES AND LANDED AT THE PLANNED DESTINATION WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED INTERNALLY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER DURING THE FLIGHT BUT DID DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF ELECTRICAL BURNING.

## Other reports on N7138Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20091006050279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091006050279A), Oct 6, 2009: Cessna U206F (N7138Q), Seldovia, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft encountered a bird strike while at cruise causing structural damage to the right wing.
- [Accident 20050615011479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050615011479A), Jun 15, 2005: Cessna U206F (N7138Q), Homer, AK, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was landing into a direct headwind of about 15 KTS. When the nose wheel touched the dry paved runway, the scissors arm component of the nose wheel…

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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