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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Tri-Cities, TN · May 21, 1980

Date: May 21, 1980 · 09:20 local
Place: Tri-Cities, TN
Airport: Roanoke
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8381Y
Reported as: Piper PA30
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total250 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8381YRegistered now · Piper PA-30S/N 30-1536 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-30 Engine modelLycoming IO-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Flight diverted due to smoke in cockpit. Found #1 master radio relay short-circuited.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT DIVERTED DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. FOUND #1 MASTER RADIO RELAY SHORT-CIRCUITED.

Other reports on N8381Y · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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