# Incident 20161228024619I: Enstrom F-28F, December 28, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2016, 10:18 local time
- Airport: Glendale Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: XW9S
- Aircraft: N52PD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52PD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Enstrom F-28F (registry code 3300412, https://openairdocs.org/model/enstrom-f-28f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,306 total, 1,396 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161228024619I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING CROSS- COUNTRY FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. AFTER TAKE-OFF THE CFI NOTED THERE WAS A SMELL OF SMOKE. IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHERE THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM (INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT). THE SMELL WENT AWAY AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED.

UPON RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING (APROX 1 MILE OUT) THE STUDENT TOLD THE CFI HE SMELLED SMOKE AGAIN. THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CHECK FOR ANY POPPED CIRCUIT BREAKERS. AT ABOUT THAT TIME THE CFI SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO CALLED TOWER TO INFORM THEM OF THE SMOKE AND THEN SHUT OFF THE MASTER AND ALL ELECTRICAL SWITCHES. HE ALSO INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO STAND-BY WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER  AND BE READY TO USE IT IF HE SAW FLAMES.

AS THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED INTO THE AIRPORT AREA THE CFI NOTED THAT THE SMOKE STOPPED BUILDING AFTER THE MASTER SWITCH HAD BEEN TURNED OFF.

AFTER BRIEFING THE STUDENT TO OPEN HIS DOOR AND BE READY TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING, HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RAMP AREA, SHUT THE MAGS OFF, AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

ONCE AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKED THE AIRCRAFT OVER AND DETERMINED THERE WQAS NO FURTHER SMOKE VISIBLE.

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL LATER TROUBLESHOT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND DETERMINED THE STARTER SWITCH UNDER THE PANEL HAD A BURNED WIRE. MAINTENANCE CORRECTED THE WIRING ISSUES BY CHANGINE THE STARTER SWITCH AND WIRE TO THE ALTERNATOR BREAKER ASSY.

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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