# Incident 20150105000269I: Cessna 172S, Glendale, AZ, January 5, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2015, 14:00 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Luke Afb
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: WIWS
- Location: 33.5350° N, 112.3832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUKE AFB (LUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5350&lon=-112.3832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N678WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N678WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150105000269I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  THE SMOKE LASTED FOR ABOUT 45-60 SECONDS IN DURATION.  INSTRUCTOR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLOSEST TO LUKE AFB.  AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT LUKE.  THE SQUAWK SHEET WAS PROPERLY FILLED OUT AND A MECHANIC WAS SENT TO LUKE AFB TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE AIRCRAFT.  COPIES WERE MADE OF THE LOGBOOK ENTRIES RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.  MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY BURNED OR SCORCHED WIRING, OR ANY OTHER REASON SMOKE WOULD HAVE COME FROM UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  THE LAST MAINTENANCE PERFORMED IN THE AREA WAS OVER 25 FLIGHT HOURS AGO, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FAA GATHERING LOGBOOK ENTRIES AND PILOT STATEMENTS.

## Other reports on N678WW (1)

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

- [Incident 20210406001322I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210406001322I), Apr 6, 2021: Cessna 172S (N678WW), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. On 4/6/2021, at about 0710 mountain standard time, N678WW and N172FK were damaged from a collision at the intersection of taxiway c & C12. At ramp 3, N678WW…

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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