# Incident 19800306029129I: Piper PA28181, Battle Mountain, NV, March 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1980, 14:44 local time
- Place: Battle Mountain, NV
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6284° N, 116.9486° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Battle Mountain, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6284&lon=-116.9486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8043C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 300 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/19800306029129I

## Narrative

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

CABIN ENGULFED IN SMOKE, PROBABLY FROM ELECTRICAL SHORT. AIRCRAFT NOT YET RETRIEVED TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

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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