- Date
- October 25, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5092UCessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831025055579A
- Case key
- 21189
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During flt, the plt detected smoke in the cabin. Thinking that an electrical malfunction was the source, he secured the electrical master switch & used the battery. A precautionary landing was made at Monticello, AR. During the landing, the right main gear collapsed shortly after touchdown. An investigation revealed that the eng & electrical sys operated normally. The source of the smoke was from eng oil leaking on a hot exhaust stack.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5092U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG0226
- Airframe hours
- 1,463
- Engine
- Lycoming O-350-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Spa Flyiig Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 11, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- HOT · Hot Springs, AR
- Destination
- Mobile, AL
- Airport
- M76 · Monticello, runway 3, 3,820 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 588 total · 70 in this make and model · 122 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.