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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Columbus, OH · March 22, 1979

Date: March 22, 1979 · 11:45 local
Place: Columbus, OH
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8110P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 408 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8110PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-3360 · Built 1963 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot noticed smoke in cockpit. Landed safely. Problem was defective instrument light dimmer rheostat.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN COCKPIT. LANDED SAFELY. PROBLEM WAS DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT LIGHT DIMMER RHEOSTAT.