# Incident 19781226020599I: Piper PA31350, Salt Lake City, UT, December 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1978, 11:01 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27576 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781226020599I

## Narrative

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

A SHORT IN THE CIGAR LIGHTER CIRCUIT CAUSED AN INFLIGHT FIRE AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.

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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