# Incident 19790914035459I: Piper PA31350, Chantilly, VA, September 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1979, 10:10 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27678 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 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/19790914035459I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT, PROVED TO BE BURNT RESISTOR IN AUDIO 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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