Electrical fire landed vny emergency alert.

Attributes
ACN	186727
Time
Date	199108
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bur airport : vny
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bur tower : vny
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 950 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	186727
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

On bur localizer, heard loud 'bang' and smelled electrical combustion. Advised bur approach, cleared visual approach vny, cleared to land any runway, called vny tower then shut down all electrical system, landed with no flaps, met off runway by fire truck and airport police. No fire, no damage apparent, no injuries. Requested to report to vny tower and bur TRACON. ATC and fire/police department very helpful and courteous. Airplane fully legal and maintained. Cause to be determined. This is an example of the ATC system working at its best. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter has not been able to determine the exact cause of the problem. Suspects the club checked the aircraft and could not find any obvious faults and let it drop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ELECTRICAL FIRE LANDED VNY EMER ALERT.

Narrative: ON BUR LOC, HEARD LOUD 'BANG' AND SMELLED ELECTRICAL COMBUSTION. ADVISED BUR APCH, CLRED VISUAL APCH VNY, CLRED TO LAND ANY RWY, CALLED VNY TWR THEN SHUT DOWN ALL ELECTRICAL SYS, LANDED WITH NO FLAPS, MET OFF RWY BY FIRE TRUCK AND ARPT POLICE. NO FIRE, NO DAMAGE APPARENT, NO INJURIES. REQUESTED TO RPT TO VNY TWR AND BUR TRACON. ATC AND FIRE/POLICE DEPT VERY HELPFUL AND COURTEOUS. AIRPLANE FULLY LEGAL AND MAINTAINED. CAUSE TO BE DETERMINED. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ATC SYS WORKING AT ITS BEST. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. SUSPECTS THE CLUB CHKED THE ACFT AND COULD NOT FIND ANY OBVIOUS FAULTS AND LET IT DROP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.